What Happens When Authoritarian Incumbents Lose Competitive Elections? The Dynamics of Regime Attitudes after the U.S. 2020 Election

• In Event: Polarization, Elections, and Support for Democracy

Brief Overview

We examine a survey experiment and panel data focused on citizen support for democracy after the U.S. 2020 presidential election, comparing the results to our previous work in Brazil’s 2018 presidential election.

Authors

• Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University

• Mollie Jane Cohen, University of Georgia

• Matthew L. Layton, Ohio University-Main Campus

• Mason Wallace Moseley, West Virginia University