3 August 2017

How do political actors use the allegations of wrong-doing in election campaigns?

Govenments accuse opposition for violence

Opposition accuse governments for fraud

What about the Turkish case?

The Data

2174 observations, 43 variables, 2 elections

Distribution of Electoral Problems

Distrubution of News on Violence and Fraud

Share of Allegations Among Newspapers

Share of Allegations According to the Ideological Stance of Newspapers

Parties and Allegations

Inter-party Allegations

Models

model 1
Binary dependent variable, 0: Fraud, 1 Violence

model 2
Count variable, fraud and violence news collapsed on dates