Strong Partisans, Conditional Democrats? Partisanship and Reactions to Electoral Outcomes in Argentina

Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, Carlos Meléndez, Department of Politics and international Relations , Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon

Comparative Political Studies

Published online on November 25, 2025

Abstract

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Partisans who back self-interested illiberal measures jeopardize democracy. We explore important precursors of support for backsliding using survey and focus group data from severely polarized Argentina. First, we show that partisans construct regime ...