Strategic equivocation on divisive issues can hold an electoral coalition together.

Evidence

In 2017, Corbyn vied for power with Theresa May and achieved 40 percent of the vote, the largest voting increase for Labour in the post-war period. Strategic ambiguity on the Brexit question had kept both Northern Brexiteers and more Remain-inclined voters inside the tent. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 212

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ideological proximity could hinder rather than help coalition formation — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 1244; Societal antagonism toward a party can equip it for later political competition — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 140; People choose political issues they judge close and doable. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 22 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Ideological proximity could hinder rather than help coalition formation #qualifies (0.78) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 1244
• Parties can reach win-win deals by creatively expanding the issues #expands (0.78)
• Parties can wield elections as outbidding instruments against peace processes #complicates (0.74) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 55
• Outbidding parties poach defectors from moderate rivals to consolidate in-group unity. #complicates (0.73) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 54
• People choose political issues they judge close and doable. #complicates (0.72) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 22
• Societal antagonism toward a party can equip it for later political competition #expands (0.70) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 140
• Two-party systems require the parties to share substantially the same principles #contradicts (0.70) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 2466