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ID165423
Title ProperInformation provision, voter coordination, and electoral accountability
Other Title Informationevidence from mexican social networks
LanguageENG
AuthorARIAS, ERIC
Summary / Abstract (Note)How do social networks moderate the way political information influences electoral accountability? We propose a simple model in which incumbent malfeasance revelations can facilitate coordination around less malfeasant challenger parties in highly connected voter networks, even when voters update favorably about incumbent party malfeasance. We provide evidence from Mexico of this mechanism by leveraging a field experiment in a context where the provision of incumbent malfeasance information increased support for incumbent parties, despite voters continuing to believe that challengers were less malfeasant than incumbents. Combining this experiment with detailed family network data, we show that—consistent with the model—the increase in incumbent party vote share due to information provision was counteracted by coordination around less malfeasant challengers in precincts with greater network connectedness. Individual-level data further demonstrate that networks facilitated explicit and tacit coordination among voters. These findings suggest that networks can help voters coordinate around information to help remove poorly performing politicians.
`In' analytical NoteAmerican Political Science Review Vol. 113, No.2; May 2019: p.475-498
Journal SourceAmerican Political Science Review 2019-06 113, 2
Key WordsElectoral Accountability ;  Information Provision ;  Voter Coordination ;  Mexican Social Networks