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Vol. 40 No. 1 (2020)

Friendly Fire? the Potential Damage of the Competitive Primaries in the Province of Buenos Aires

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2020000100001
Submitted
March 26, 2020
Published
2020-03-26

Abstract

Does a competitive primary generate a damage to parties? Literature emphasizes that the electoral effect could be negative in the Latin American party system. Here we show that a competitive primary affect parties negatively because they lose considerable voters in between the two elections. When factional competition generates friction among candidates, leaders and militants, a negative impact occurs within the political space. This results in the possibility that the candidate who wins the primary receives “friendly fire”.

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