Sources of campaign funding for incumbents versus challengers in list proportional representation systems
The case of Colombia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6299665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gert-Jan Put (0000-0003-2931-4962, University of Namur, corresponding author), Bart Maddens (0000-0001-6935-2571, Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium), Gertjan Muyters (0000-0001-5186-9169, Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 370-386 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-5121 • E-ISSN: 1460-373X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01925121221080713 |
| OpenAlex | W4225255030 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 40 |
Previous work on candidate campaign finance in list proportional representation systems has focused on differential electoral returns of spending for incumbent and challenger candidates. This article asks whether incumbents and challengers in these systems fund election campaigns from different sources. We hypothesize that incumbents receive more: (a) contributions from individual and corporate donors; and (b) financial support from party organizations, as party elites strategically deploy resources to constrain intra-party competition. The analysis is based on a dataset on campaign funding sources of candidates for two legislative elections in Colombia (2014 and 2018). The results confirm that party organizations transfer more financial resources to incumbents than to challengers. Contrary to expectations, parties do not specifically support the electorally most vulnerable incumbents. We also find that challengers receive higher levels of non-corporate private donations than incumbents. These findings provide insights into individual campaigns and demonstrate how parties coordinate intra-party competition through campaign funding
Business · Campaign finance · Competition (biology · Democracy · Economics · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Proportional representation · Representation (politics · Work (physics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Gender Politics and Representation · Law · Public Administration
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |