Analyzing The Personality Traits and the Deceptiveness of Political Leaders and Their Roles in Democratic Backsliding

• In Event: Evaluating Leaders and Their Rhetoric

Brief Overview

Applying an automated LTA analyzer to spontaneous and formal speeches of political leaders in 8 backsliding democracies, we find the personality traits and deceptiveness of political leaders function as critical predictors of democratic backsliding.

Authors

• Haofeng Ma, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

• Jeongho Choi, University of Iowa