Totalitarian and authoritarian systems - Svolik and polaritzation and civic virtue

3 important questions on Totalitarian and authoritarian systems - Svolik and polaritzation and civic virtue

Why is it that incumbents can take over the regime relatively easy and without violation?

They still get the support of the people, because they do not like the other candidate. But it is mostly in polarized societies

How does Svolik claim that democracies die?

- executive takes over -> polarization -> pre-election has an uneven playing field

What is a brief summary of the article?

People support democracy, but when presented with a trade-off between policy and democracy, they stick with democracy. But polarized voters, not the centrist voters

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