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Shaun Bowler

Shaun Bowler is a professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside, and a co-author of Losers’ Consent: Elections and Democratic Legitimacy

Latest articles by Shaun Bowler

The Big Idea
I study democracies, and what I’ve learned is this: they collapse without graceful losersI study democracies, and what I’ve learned is this: they collapse without graceful losers
The Big Idea

When their candidates lose, voters’ faith in democracy weakens.

By Shaun Bowler

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