How COVID-19 affects voting for incumbents: Evidence from local elections in France.

How do voters react to an ongoing natural threat? Do voters sanction or reward incumbents even when incumbents cannot be held accountable because an unforeseeable natural disaster is unfolding? We address this question by investigating voters' reactions to the early spread of COVID-19 in the 20...

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Main Authors: Davide Morisi, Héloïse Cloléry, Guillaume Kon Kam King, Max Schaub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297432&type=printable