Integrating Democratic Backsliding with Citizen Awareness

• In Event: Electoral Politics, Politicians, and Parties in India

Brief Overview

Using India’s delayed local elections, we show most voters remain unaware of unelected rule, and that first order awareness of such events increases backlash to democratic backsliding.

Authors

• Pratik Sanjay Mahajan, Yale University

• Alyssa René Heinze, University of California, Berkeley