Standing in the Face of Illiberal Elections - Lessons from Venezuela
Issacharoff, Samuel
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Verdugo, Sergio
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2025-06-18
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Venezuela held local and parliamentary elections on May 25th which Maduro’s allies won with an overwhelming majority. Even though Maduro had severely tilted the playing field in his favor, the regime did not have to alter the results from what was evident in the exit polls. This was partly because an important part of the opposition called for a boycott of the elections. We argue that for a beleaguered opposition, the question whether to boycott an election should reflect both pragmatic and strategic considerations of the prospects for democratic resistance.
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Issacharoff, Samuel
Competitive Authoritarianism
Dictatorship
elections
Opposition
Venezuela
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