Incumbent reelection in authoritarian regimes: the 2018 National Assembly elections in Cuba

• In Event: Supporting the Incumbent in Latin America

Brief Overview

Do voters in authoritarian regimes reward incumbents based on their performance? How do governments choose candidates? We study these questions in the context of the 2018 National Assembly elections in Cuba and the 2018 elections in Florida.

Authors

• Angela Fonseca-Galvis, Universidad Javeriana

• Chiara Superti, Columbia University