Accountability and alternation: How wholesale and partial alternation condition retrospective voting

Holding the government accountable is a crucial function of elections. The extent to which voters can actually do so depends on political system. One element that may influence likelihood hold difference between wholesale and partial alternation. Prominent scientists like Mair, Bergman Strøm Pellegata Quaranta propose in countries with alternation are better able governments because essence have choice keep their current or ‘throw rascals out’. However, this relationship has not been tested. We examine retrospective voting large-N cross-country study. show association satisfaction vote stronger than systems