Why does the timing of local elections matter for the outcomes of national elections? Thus, holding local and national elections at the same time can yield a nationally aggregated sense of local protectionism. It is this broader syndrome of change — what many think of as “globalization” — that radical-right parties deftly campaign to reverse. This new research suggests that the coordination of local and national elections bodes well for Sweden’s far right. But election schedulers have probably not considered an unanticipated consequence: the boost that radical-right parties can receive from this popular administrative trend.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2018 10:01 UTC