Sources of campaign funding for incumbents versus challengers in list proportional representation systems: The case of Colombia

IF 2.3 2区 社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE International Political Science Review Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI:10.1177/01925121221080713
Gert-Jan Put, Bart Maddens, Gertjan Muyters
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Previous work on candidate campaign finance in list proportional representation systems has focused on differential electoral returns of spending for incumbent and challenger candidates. This article asks whether incumbents and challengers in these systems fund election campaigns from different sources. We hypothesize that incumbents receive more: (a) contributions from individual and corporate donors; and (b) financial support from party organizations, as party elites strategically deploy resources to constrain intra-party competition. The analysis is based on a dataset on campaign funding sources of candidates for two legislative elections in Colombia (2014 and 2018). The results confirm that party organizations transfer more financial resources to incumbents than to challengers. Contrary to expectations, parties do not specifically support the electorally most vulnerable incumbents. We also find that challengers receive higher levels of non-corporate private donations than incumbents. These findings provide insights into individual campaigns and demonstrate how parties coordinate intra-party competition through campaign funding.
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名单比例代表制中现任者与挑战者竞选资金的来源:哥伦比亚的案例
先前关于名单比例代表制中候选人竞选资金的工作侧重于现任和挑战者候选人的不同选举回报。这篇文章询问这些制度中的现任者和挑战者是否有不同的竞选资金来源。我们假设现任者获得更多:(a)来自个人和公司捐赠者的捐款;(b)来自党组织的财政支持,因为党内精英战略性地部署资源来限制党内竞争。该分析基于哥伦比亚两次立法选举(2014年和2018年)候选人竞选资金来源的数据集。结果证实,党组织将更多的财政资源转移给在职者,而不是挑战者。与预期相反,各党派并没有特别支持选举中最脆弱的现任者。我们还发现,挑战者获得的非公司私人捐款水平高于现任者。这些发现提供了对个别竞选活动的见解,并展示了政党如何通过竞选资金协调党内竞争。
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