BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Moynihan\nInstitute of Global Affairs \;\n\nComparative Pol itics and International Relations presents\n\n \;Voting Against Autocr acyWhen and how do voters punish politicians for\nsubverting democracy? We develop a conceptual framework that differentiates\nbetween three mechani sms: vote switching\, backlash\, and disenchantment. The\nfirst mechanism entails defection by voters from a party that undermines\ndemocracy to one that does not\; the latter two mechanisms entail transitions\nbetween vot ing and abstention. We estimate the magnitude of each mechanism by\ncombin ing evidence from a series of original survey experiments\, traditional\ns urveys\, and a quasi-experiment afforded by the re-run of the 2019 Istanbu l\nmayoral election\, in which the governing party attempted to overturn t he result\nof an election that it had lost. We find that backlash and dise nchantment serve\nas a democratic check at least as much as does vote swit ching\, with each\nmechanism arising from a different segment of the elect orate. Both persuasion\nand mobilization are viable tools for curbing the authoritarian tendencies of\nelected politicians. \nMilan SvolikProfessor Yale UniversityMilan Svolik is Professor of Political Science\nat Yale Un iversity. His research focuses on comparative politics\, political\neconom y\, and formal political theory. Svolik has authored and co-authored\narti cles on the politics of authoritarian regimes\, democratization\, and\ndem ocratic backsliding. He is the author of "The Politics of Authoritarian\nR ule" (Cambridge University Press\, 2012)\, which received the best book\na ward from the Comparative Democratization Section of the American Politica l\nScience Association. In addition to continuing work on the politics of authoritarianism\nand democratization\, Professor Svolik’s current researc h includes projects on\ndemocratic backsliding\, support for democracy\, a nd electoral manipulation. His\nlatest book project examines why ordinary people support politicians who\nundermine democracy. \;Click here to r egister\nFor more information\, please contact Simon Weschle\, \;swwes chl@maxwell.syr.edu or Daniel\nMcDowell\, \;dmcdowel@maxwell.syr.edu\n or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please contact Morga n\nBicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu. \; DTEND:20210409T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260414T160803Z DTSTART:20210409T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Voting Against Autocracy UID:RFCALITEM639117652837867309 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Moynihan\nInstitute of Global Affairs \ ;\n

\nComparative Politics and International Relations presents\n\n& nbsp\;


Voting Against Autocracy

When and how do voters punish politicians for\nsubverting democra cy? We develop a conceptual framework that differentiates\nbetween three m echanisms: vote switching\, backlash\, and disenchantment. The\nfirst mech anism entails defection by voters from a party that undermines\ndemocracy to one that does not\; the latter two mechanisms entail transitions\nbetwe en voting and abstention. We estimate the magnitude of each mechanism by\n combining evidence from a series of original survey experiments\, traditio nal\nsurveys\, and a quasi-experiment afforded by the re-run of the 2019 I stanbul\nmayoral election\, in which the governing party attempted to over turn the result\nof an election that it had lost. We find that backlash an d disenchantment serve\nas a democratic check at least as much as does vot e switching\, with each\nmechanism arising from a different segment of the electorate. Both persuasion\nand mobilization are viable tools for curbin g the authoritarian tendencies of\nelected politicians.



\nMilan Svolik

Professor

Yale Un iversity


Milan Svolik is Professor of Political Science\n at Yale University. His research focuses on comparative politics\, politic al\neconomy\, and formal political theory. Svolik has authored and co-auth ored\narticles on the politics of authoritarian regimes\, democratization\ , and\ndemocratic backsliding. He is the author of "The Politics of Author itarian\nRule" (Cambridge University Press\, 2012)\, which received the be st book\naward from the Comparative Democratization Section of the America n Political\nScience Association. In addition to continuing work on the po litics of authoritarianism\nand democratization\, Professor Svolik’s curre nt research includes projects on\ndemocratic backsliding\, support for dem ocracy\, and electoral manipulation. His\nlatest book project examines why ordinary people support politicians who\nundermine democracy. \;

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\nFor more information\, please co ntact Simon Weschle\, \;swwe schl@maxwell.syr.edu or Daniel\nMcDowell\, \;dmcdowel@maxwell.syr.edu\nor to request additiona l accommodation arrangements\, please contact Morgan\nBicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu. \;

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