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The Effects of Unsubstantiated Claims of Voter Fraud on Confidence in Elections
Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2021 Political elites sometimes seek to delegitimize election results using unsubstantiated claims of fraud. Most recently, Donald Trump sought to overturn his loss in the 2020 US presidential election by falsely alleging widespread fraud.
Nicolas Berlinski +7 more
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The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China
The American Economic Review, 2022 We posit that autocrats introduce local elections when their bureaucratic capacity is low. Local elections exploit citizens’ informational advantage in keeping local officials accountable, but they also weaken vertical control.
Monica Martinez-Bravo +3 more
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EFFECTIVITÉ DES PRINCIPES D’INTERDICTION DE CHANGEMENT ANTICONSTITUTIONNEL DES RÉGIMES PRÔNÉ PAR L’UNION AFRICAINE FACE À LA RÉSURGENCE DES COUPS D’ÉTAT EN AFRIQUE [PDF]
Cahiers Africains des Droits de l’Homme et de la Démocratie ainsi que du Développement Durable, 2022 L’Union Africaine a vu émerger, dans son système de normes, un principe ayant pour objet le rejet et la condamnation des changements anticonstitutionnels des gouvernements. Destiné à promouvoir et à protéger la démocratie sur le continent, ce principe au
Ali BASHIMBE BUGONDO +1 more
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The Effect of Social Media on Elections: Evidence from the United States
Social Science Research Network, 2021 We study how social media affects election outcomes in the United States. We use variation in the number of Twitter users across counties induced by early adopters at the 2007 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, a key event in Twitter’s rise to ...
T. Fujiwara +2 more
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Effectivité des principes d’interdiction de changement anticonstitutionnel des régimes prôné par l’UA face à la résurgence des coups d’état en Afrique [PDF]
Mouvements et Enjeux Sociaux, 2022 L’Union africaine a vu émerger, dans son système de normes, un principe ayant pour objet le rejet et la condamnation des changements anticonstitutionnels des gouvernements.
Trésor LUNGUNGU KIDIMBA +1 more
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The Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2021 Donald Trump’s 2016 election and his nomination of climate skeptic Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency drastically downshifted expectations about U.S. policy toward climate change.
Stefano Ramelli +3 more
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Predicting Elections with Twitter: What 140 Characters Reveal about Political Sentiment
International Conference on Web and Social Media, 2010 Twitter is a microblogging website where users read and write millions of short messages on a variety of topics every day. This study uses the context of the German federal election to investigate whether Twitter is used as a forum for political ...
A. Tumasjan +3 more
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La Democracia en la Era Digital: El caso de Colombia
Trayectorias Humanas Trascontinentales, 2023 En Colombia, durante 2022, las elecciones políticas han elevado algunos personajes a la vida política (cargos de senadores, representantes a la cámara y el de presidente de la República).
Julián Andrés Escobar Gómez
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Penser l’extrême droite en milieu rural: un récit de deux France?
apropos [Perspektiven auf die Romania], 2018 The present article addresses the electoral success of Marine Le Pen and the Front National in rural areas. This phenomenon is regularly interpreted as the expression of an emergent territorial cleavage between urban and
Dimitri Almeida
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Affective polarization and the salience of elections
Electoral Studies, 2020 In this article we analyze the effects of election salience on affective polarization. Campaigns and elections epitomize the moment of maximum political conflict, information spread, mobilization, and activation of political identities and ...
Enrique Hernández +2 more
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