How does the government of the country you have been studying intervene in elections to ensure that the incumbents always win?
Country is Myanmar
Please answer the question using the NELDA data and measures that we will look at in class. You may choose to focus on how the state manipulates voters, voting, a hegemonic party, candidate entry, messaging, or any other aspect of electoral competition. Using the NELDA data and concepts of electoral manipulation, identify the nature of electoral manipulation in the country that you are studying – focus on the last election. You might hone in on these points: Repression and its change over time, the role of formal institutional change to gain advantages, informal attacks on candidate, voter, or party rights, or the consequences of electoral fraud – does the incumbent prevail? You can also narrow your focus by exploring different stages of elections:, the candidate nomination process, election campaigns, vote counts, or any other period. Or you may do a “survey” of the ways in which the state intervenes looking at several factors.
