Democratic Participation and Antidemocratic Attitudes

• In Event: Anti-Democratic Attitudes, Political Participation, and Backsliding

Brief Overview

Participation is not inherently democratic. Using LAPOP data across 20 countries, we show that citizens with anti-democratic attitudes participate more than pro-democracy citizens, challenging assumptions about participation as inherently democratic.

Authors

• Carolina Torreblanca, ennekim

• Justin Melnick, New York University