Logistical Failure as Latent Partisan Bias: Election Administration and Outcomes in Nigeria

• In Event: Contemporary Nigerian Politics

Brief Overview

Using nearly 5,000 election observer reports from Nigeria, we show how specific logistical failures on election day disproportionately benefitted the incumbent party in state-level elections in 2023.

Authors

• Nichole Grossman, American University

• Carl Levan, American University

• Kelechi Amakoh, Michigan State University