The Party’s Over: McCutcheon, Shadow Parties, and the Future of the Party System

Fishkin, Joseph; Gerken, Heather K.

doi:10.1086/680227

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“…In the 2022 midterms, independent spending came in at $1.9 billion (OpenSecrets 2023). Wealthy groups and individuals can now advance specific candidates, including those who seek antidemocratic ends, to a degree previously impossible (Fishkin and Gerken 2015; Kenkel 2019; Rauch and La Raja 2017). Notably, Republican candidates have been more likely than Democrats to benefit from outside spending (Evers-Hillstrom 2022; Montanaro 2022).…”

Section: Factors Undermining Loser’s Consentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Political Parties and Loser’s Consent in American Politics

Layman,

Lee,

Wolbrecht

2023

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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Social science has established that political parties have been indispensable to American democracy and their most active members as keepers of the democratic flame. The aftermath of the 2020 presidential election raised questions about the role of the parties in protecting democracy, particularly the fundamental democratic norm of “loser’s consent.” We argue that recent political developments—close elections, ideological polarization, participatory party nominations, and changes in campaign finance and media—have worked to undermine the parties’ commitment to loser’s consent. We use recent survey data to show that party activists no longer demonstrate greater commitment than do ordinary citizens to democratic norms—especially to loser’s consent. We also examine how parties and voters responded to the post-2020 crisis of democratic legitimacy, finding that both parties prioritized their political interests over democratic health. However, a small number of voters did deviate from normal partisanship and helped to shore up American democracy in the 2022 elections.

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Section: Factors Undermining Loser’s Consentmentioning

confidence: 99%