National-level elections receive more attention from scholars and the media than elections
at other levels, even though in many European countries the importance of both regional …

Politicians' moral behaviors affect how voters evaluate them. But existing empirical research
on the effects of politicians' violations of moral standards pays little attention to the …

Repeated studies have shown that voters in mature democracies often do not punish corrupt
politicians. The majority of existing explanations focus on institutions and their effect on …

Voters often rely on partisan attachments as they evaluate new policy proposals, but does
partisanship also color their interpretation of incumbent efforts to entrench themselves in …

“Populism” is a useful term in political science for labeling a “thin” ideology as well as a
related rhetorical style that can be highly useful tool to acquire power from opposition …

Does the source of one's news media have a systematic effect on one's perception of
political corruption? While numerous studies have investigated the extent to which media …

This paper examines social‐psychological factors that can facilitate and hinder public
support for conservative agendas over time. Using four waves of longitudinal panel data …

Does corruption increase general and anti-government protest? Scholarship has produced
seemingly incompatible results, with some research demonstrating a strong connection …

Purpose Corruption perception is essential to study because it can shape people's attitudes
toward the government. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to address this key question: what …

Abstract In Latin America, corruption often fails to turn voters against incumbents at the ballot
box. We build on existing studies asking why and argue that voters are more likely not to …