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Going Negative in Autocracy: A Field Experiment at the Moscow Mayoral Elections

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dc.contributor.authorMironov, Maxim
dc.contributor.authorPetrachkova, Alexandra
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-01T14:26:20Z
dc.date.available2025-04-01T14:26:20Z
dc.date.issued2024-10-14
dc.description.abstractOpposition in autocracies often uses negativism against the regime to frame its principal message. This study is the first to experimentally evaluate the effectiveness of a negative campaign on a regime candidate’s vote share. For the field experiment conducted during the 2013 Moscow mayoral election, we published a newspaper criticizing the incumbent mayor. We distributed approximately 130,000 copies near the entrances of 20 stations on four randomly selected metro lines one month prior to the election. We found that the incumbent’s vote share was 1.7 percentage points lower at the voting stations where the newspaper was distributed. These votes go to other candidates who address issues raised by the negative campaign. Anti-regime campaigning does not suppress turnout or increase disapproval voting.
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dc.identifier.citationMironov, M., & Petrachkova, A. (2019). Going Negative in Autocracy: A Field Experiment at the Moscow Mayoral Elections. Journal of Experimental Political Science, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2024.11.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/XPS.2024.11
dc.identifier.issn2052-2649
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3688
dc.issue.number1
dc.journal.titleJournal of Experimental Political Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.final56
dc.page.initial42
dc.page.total15
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.departmentFinance
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE Business School
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
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dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed
dc.subject.keywordElectoral autocracy
dc.subject.keywordOpposition
dc.subject.keywordVoting behavior
dc.subject.keywordNegative campaign
dc.subject.keywordField experiment
dc.titleGoing Negative in Autocracy: A Field Experiment at the Moscow Mayoral Elections
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dc.volume.number12
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