Election Fraud? The Impact of Electoral Legitimacy Rhetoric on Democratic Backsliding

• In Event: Electoral Responsiveness and Political Rhetoric

Brief Overview

In democracies, politicians sometimes call fair elections illegitimate, flipping electoral autocracies’ strategy of identifying managed elections as legitimate. We examine the implications of this rhetorical strategy for democratic backsliding.

Authors

• Katie Lynn Stewart, Knox College

• Sophia Bowley, Knox College