?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F50661%2F&rft.title=The+Electoral+Effects+of+State-Sponsored+Homophobia&rft.creator=Haas%2C+Violeta&rft.creator=Bogatyrev%2C+Konstantin&rft.creator=Abou-Chadi%2C+Tarik&rft.creator=Kl%C3%BCver%2C+Heike&rft.creator=Stoetzer%2C+Lukas+F.&rft.subject=B-+ECONOMIE+ET+FINANCE&rft.description=Do+strategies+of+state-sponsored+homophobia+translate+into+electoral+gains%3FWhile+a+growing+body+of+literature+documents+the+increasing+politicization+of+LGBTQ-+and+gender-related+issues+by+illiberal+elites%2C+little+is+known+about+the+electoral+effects+of+these+strategies.+We+address+this+important+question+by+studying+whether+anti-LGBTQ+mobilization+pays+off+electorally+for+the+initiating+party.+Empirically%2C+we+study+the+adoption+of+anti-LGBTQ+resolu-tions+in+many+Polish+municipalities+prior+to+the+2019+parliamentary+election.+Using+a+synthetic+difference-in-differences+design%2C+we+find+that+these+resolu-tions+significantly+depressed+turnout+in+affected+municipalities%2C+with+oppo-sition+parties+showing+less+mobilization+capacity.+By+contrast%2C+turnout+for+the+incumbent+Law+and+Justice+Party+increased+substantially.+Overall%2C+this+study%E2%80%99s+findings+are+relevant+for+understanding+the+electoral+consequences+of+both+elite-led+mobilization+against+stigmatized+and+discriminated+groups%2C+and+policies+of+subnational+democratic+backsliding.&rft.publisher=TSE+Working+Paper&rft.date=2025-03&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.ut-capitole.fr%2Fid%2Feprint%2F50661%2F1%2Fwp_tse_1628.pdf&rft.identifier=++Haas%2C+Violeta+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F283745053%3E%2C+Bogatyrev%2C+Konstantin%2C+Abou-Chadi%2C+Tarik%2C+Kl%C3%BCver%2C+Heike+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.idref.fr%2F168782898%3E+and+Stoetzer%2C+Lukas+F.++(2025)+The+Electoral+Effects+of+State-Sponsored+Homophobia.++TSE+Working+Paper%2C+n.+25-1628%2C+Toulouse+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Ftse-fr.eu%2Fpub%2F130436&rft.language=en