Does electoral fraud spread? The expansion of electoral manipulation in Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6357864 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert G Moser (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), Allison C White (0000-0001-8364-3164, Colorado State University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 85-99 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Post-Soviet Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-586X • E-ISSN: 1938-2855 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1060586x.2016.1153884 |
| OpenAlex | W2322782976 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 17 |
In this paper, we argue that the occurrence of electoral manipulation in Russia has been driven, in part, by diffusion across neighboring raions through emulation, incentives, and networks. Presumably, in Putin’s Russia all local authorities have some incentives to deliver a high number of votes to United Russia, the “party of power”. However, the perceived pressure to deliver ever higher levels of support for Putin’s party arguably increases considerably if one’s raion is located in a region marked by extraordinarily high turnout and high vote share for United Russia. Conversely, the absence of perceived competition to curry executive favor through delivering votes and networks of uncorrupted local authorities, as well as local opposition organizations working to combat electoral fraud, may help explain the absence of fraud among raions located in regions marked by clean elections. Our quantitative analyses suggest that a “neighborhood effect” – the existence of manipulated raions within a region – strongly influences the likelihood that raions are manipulated. Moreover, although results are more mixed, spatial autocorrelation analysis suggests that turnout levels in raions are influenced by the turnout in proximate raions
Competition (biology · Economic growth · Economics · Elite · Emulation · Incentive · Market economy · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Turnout · Voting · Corruption and Economic Development · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
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| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |