TY - JOUR
T1 - Aspirations and realities in africa
T2 - III. Senegal's vigorous but constrained election
AU - Riedl, Rachel Beatty
AU - Sylla, Ndongo Samba
N1 - Funding Information:
15. This audit was carried out under Senegal’s sponsorship by the European Center for Electoral Support with funding from the EU and the German government. See “Rapport de la mission d’audit du fichier électoral Sénégal 2018,” 26 February 2018, 32, at www. eces.eu.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 National Endowment for Democracy and Johns Hopkins University Press.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Senegal's status as a leading democracy on the African continent is a contested one, challenged in new ways in each election and yet maintained over time through high levels of citizen participation and vigorous competition. The February 2019 presidential elections was no exception. With the benefit of incumbency advantages, Macky Sall won in the first round against a narrowed set of competitors. His victory reflects three major trends in sub-Saharan Africa today: the politicization and delegitimation of institutions of electoral administration, the rising popularity of "youth" candidates, and the drive toward postelection executive centralization.
AB - Senegal's status as a leading democracy on the African continent is a contested one, challenged in new ways in each election and yet maintained over time through high levels of citizen participation and vigorous competition. The February 2019 presidential elections was no exception. With the benefit of incumbency advantages, Macky Sall won in the first round against a narrowed set of competitors. His victory reflects three major trends in sub-Saharan Africa today: the politicization and delegitimation of institutions of electoral administration, the rising popularity of "youth" candidates, and the drive toward postelection executive centralization.
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U2 - 10.1353/jod.2019.0045
DO - 10.1353/jod.2019.0045
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85070507388
SN - 1045-5736
VL - 30
SP - 94
EP - 108
JO - Journal of Democracy
JF - Journal of Democracy
IS - 3
ER -