"Winning isn't everything": The Re-Nomination of Losing Candidates
Why do parties re-nominate losing candidates? This project develops a comparative theory for losers of elections. We advance that political parties take note of two moments, one before the election and one after the race. These moments consider the electoral experience and the electoral performance...
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| Formato: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Chile |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.anid.cl:10533/246039 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/10533/246039 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Políticas |
| Resumo: | Why do parties re-nominate losing candidates? This project develops a comparative theory for losers of elections. We advance that political parties take note of two moments, one before the election and one after the race. These moments consider the electoral experience and the electoral performance of the candidate, respectively. Thus, we contend that parties treat experienced candidates differently from amateurs, and over-performers differently than under-performers when considering their futures in the electoral arena, despite all being equally losing candidates. Expanding the understanding of elections to include losing candidates – especially after realizing that some of these unsuccessful politicians come back to win elections – is a pending task for political scientists. We hope this is the start of a more nuanced discussion about the topic, with a framework that can be expanded to other countries. Similarly, these results can be complemented by qualitative studies with interviews to also-rans who are now winners, or to perennial losers, to gauge their strategies after being confronted with electoral defeat. |
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