The DUP disciplined internal message unity for effective outbidding campaigns.

Evidence

A final modernization strategy is the use of modern electoral campaigning tools. Key to this is ‘staying on-message’, or the maintenance of party unity in all forms of public communication. The ‘strong central autonomy’ strategy mentioned earlier awards the DUP an advantage in this regard. DUP electioneering has seen the successful combination of traditional forms of electioneering (door-to-door canvassing and walkabouts by party leaders) along with more modern forms (Fawcett, 2002, p. 29). — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 94

Categorization

• XREF: Message discipline as a vehicle for outbidding connects to party-organization debates and could be read against the Kenya/Zambia cases’ leader-driven outbidding. — connects to: The DUP achieved electoral discipline through hierarchical control and leader deference. — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 83; The DUP’s post-Agreement success drew on party professionalization — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 84; The DUP’s post-Agreement gains came from mobilizing apathetic unionists, not attracting new voters. — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 93 (+7 more)

Related

• Outbidding and party modernization mutually reinforce each other rather than conflict (similarity 0.84)
• The DUP achieved electoral discipline through hierarchical control and leader deference. (similarity 0.82)
• The DUP’s post-Agreement success drew on party professionalization (similarity 0.81)
• Sectarian outbidding parties can still adopt modern party organization (similarity 0.81)
• In-group unity rhetoric lets parties signal anti-deal activism when attention is elsewhere. (similarity 0.80)
• Outbidding is context dependent and can phase-shift toward moderation after in-group victory (similarity 0.80)
• Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty — Ethnic Outbidding and Party Modernization Understanding the Democratic Unionist Party’s Electoral Success in the Post-Agreement Environment (similarity 0.80)
• Centralized party structures enable disciplined and nuanced outbidding strategies (similarity 0.79)
• Outbidding parties poach defectors from moderate rivals to consolidate in-group unity. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Centralized party structures enable disciplined and nuanced outbidding strategies #corroborates (0.90) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 96
• Outbidding is context dependent and can phase-shift toward moderation after in-group victory #expands (0.75) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 69
• Outbidding can backfire by strengthening moderates or branding challengers as spoilers #complicates (0.75) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 68
• In-group unity rhetoric lets parties signal anti-deal activism when attention is elsewhere. #qualifies (0.75) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 54
• Credibility disputes over rivals’ bids shape outbidding outcomes. #complicates (0.70) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 36
• Outbidding and party modernization mutually reinforce each other rather than conflict #expands (0.70) — Cathy Gormley-Heenan and Roger Macginty, Ethnic Outbidding and Party…, 95
• Political unity is strengthened rather than weakened by divergent attentions #corroborates (0.70) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 347