For Everything There is a Season: Seasonality and Retrospective Voting in African Elections
Published online on July 23, 2026
Abstract
Comparative Political Studies, Ahead of Print.
Are African elections subject to seasonal effects? I argue that agricultural seasonality patterns election outcomes by influencing voters’ retrospective performance evaluations. When countries hold elections after harvests, voters reward incumbents. As ...
Are African elections subject to seasonal effects? I argue that agricultural seasonality patterns election outcomes by influencing voters’ retrospective performance evaluations. When countries hold elections after harvests, voters reward incumbents. As ...