Modeling Trump’s Attack on the 2020 Elections and Applying the Model to 2021

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Brief Overview

The paper presents a new model to describe and analyze the methods Trump used in his attempt to manipulate the 2020 elections and applies the model to study whether the Republican party has resorted to the same tactics in 2021.

Author

• Maria Annala, Finnish Institute of International Affairs