Strengthening Political Parties: Experiences of Political Participation and Efficacy

• In Event: Parties, Coalitions and Candidates

Brief Overview

Political parties often struggle to form enduring ties to voters. This paper uses field experimental evidence from Ecuador to show that political parties can create low-cost spaces for citizen engagement and thereby form enduring ties to voters.

Authors

• Christopher Lee Carter, University of Virginia

• Mathias Poertner, London School of Economics and Political Science