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Campaigning for Democracy<\/strong> is a research cluster at the University of Notre Dame. We study how election campaigns work in countries where democratic competition is contested, and how voters decide between parties in those elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We run multi-wave panel surveys<\/a> around national elections, build open data resources<\/a> on elections and democratic rule-breaking, teach two courses<\/a> at Notre Dame, and work with campaign practitioners in the countries we study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research on voter volatility and democratic choice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Elections under contested conditions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Practitioners in the classroom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Images: Senado Federal via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0<\/a>; own work.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Voter concerns.<\/strong> What is actually on voters\u2019 minds in a given electorate, and how far those concerns differ from what campaigns assume.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pivotality.<\/strong> Which voters are genuinely open to appeals from pro-democracy candidates, and whether they are the same people that standard measures of electoral volatility identify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Messaging.<\/strong> Which appeals reach those voters, and whether emphasizing a rival\u2019s disregard for democratic rules works better or worse than emphasizing the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Support<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The cluster is based in the Keough School of Global Affairs and is funded by a three-year Catalyst Grant from the Notre Dame Democracy Initiative, in collaboration with the Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keough School of Global Affairs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Notre Dame Democracy Initiative<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Kellogg Institute for International Studies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Nanovic Institute for European Studies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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