Learning from the Lie: What Anti-Democratic Proposals Teach Voters about Candidates

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

Brief Overview

We offer a theory of why voters fail to punish anti-democratic candidates from their party, emphasizing how violations of democratic rules serve to signal ideological positioning and resolve.

Authors

• Patrick Liu, Columbia University

• Daniel Benenson Markovits, Columbia University

• Carlo Prato, Columbia University