Parties linked to hated collapsed regimes unexpectedly regained power

Evidence

This surprising survival and resurgence astonished and dismayed many observers. It was as if the Duvaliers in Haiti, or Franco’s protégés in Spain, were voted back into power within five years of the collapse of their regimes on the promise that they would promote competitive democracy and an efficient market economy. Given the popular hatred of the communist regimes, how could their successors possibly return to power? — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 55

Categorization

• XREF: Central puzzle for the reader: professed hatred of a regime did NOT durably translate into voter rejection of its heirs once the organizing threat context shifted. — connects to: Discredited ancien regime parties can survive collapse and win power through regeneration — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 46; Post-1989 demobilized electorates rewarded lean catch-all parties over mass ones.; Poland’s communist successor party won power repeatedly after 1989 collapse — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 53 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Postcommunist successor parties returned to power through the incumbent democrats’ governing failures #exemplifies (0.90) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 962
• Successor party resurgence combined post-1989 conditions, communist legacies, and crafted appeals #expands (0.85) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 1197
• Post-1989 communist successors varied from full regeneration to protest parties #expands (0.80) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 110
• Proportional electoral rules enable even discredited parties to return #expands (0.75) — John T. Ishiyama, Party Organization and the Political…, 46