It is often argued by politicians and reporters alike, that democratizing candidate selection procedures would lead to …

3,000 YouTube videos from 72 parties running in 13 national-level elections, I find evidence that proportional election …, and also explores how YouTube election campaigning differs from traditional television advertising. Using a sample of over … systems lead to more positive election campaigns, whereas weak parties tend to produce more negative videos. I also find that …

The paper explores how politicians in established democracies respond to election outcome in terms of attitudinal … voluntary acceptance perspective adds insight about the forces that motivates politicians to consent. Politicians (and citizens … politicians that are elected to office. Indeed, given standard institutional arrangement of representative democracies, losing …