Where to Anticipate Pre-Election Violence? Governing Parties’ Strategies to Maximize Their Chances in Competitive Districts

• In Event: JSS 3
  In JSS Session: Elections, Political Inclusion, and Violence

Brief Overview

How do governing parties manipulate election turnout through electoral violence? This paper argues that incumbent parties choose to commit violence in opposition strongholds in order to maximize their vote share in competitive districts.

Author

• Tolgahan Dilgin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign