Outbidding parties poach defectors from moderate rivals to consolidate in-group unity.

Evidence

In a number of cases, intra-group alliance building has included the appropriation of key political figures from parties willing to investigate compromise. Certainly the Democratic Unionist Party was successful in attracting high profile defectors from other unionist parties, most notably Jeffrey Donaldson MP who defected from the Ulster Unionist Party in January 2004. — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 54

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ethnic outbidding is intra-bloc competition that blocks inter-group compromise. — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 20; Ethnic parties shift toward moderation only after securing dominance over in-group rivals — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 103; Centralized party structures enable disciplined and nuanced outbidding strategies — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 96 (+7 more)

Related

• Outbidding and party modernization mutually reinforce each other rather than conflict (similarity 0.83)
• Ethnic outbidding is intra-bloc competition that blocks inter-group compromise. (similarity 0.82)
• Sectarian outbidding parties can still adopt modern party organization (similarity 0.80)
• Outbidding is context dependent and can phase-shift toward moderation after in-group victory (similarity 0.79)
• Ethnic parties shift toward moderation only after securing dominance over in-group rivals (similarity 0.79)
• The DUP disciplined internal message unity for effective outbidding campaigns. (similarity 0.79)
• Ethnic outbidding can be modulated and coexist with party modernization (similarity 0.79)
• Ethnonational parties can simultaneously outbid rivals and modernize (similarity 0.79)
• Centralized party structures enable disciplined and nuanced outbidding strategies (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The League converted rivals by absorbing their defecting deputies. #exemplifies (0.92) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 413
• Winning independents and opposition MPs defected to the ruling party. #exemplifies (0.87)
• Centralized party structures enable disciplined and nuanced outbidding strategies #expands (0.85) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 96
• Outbidding and party modernization mutually reinforce each other rather than conflict #expands (0.82) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 95
• Ethnic parties shift toward moderation only after securing dominance over in-group rivals #qualifies (0.78) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 103