Party People

In "Party People: Candidates and Party Evolution," authors Allan Sikk and Philipp Köker explore the dynamic interplay between political candidates and party identity, offering innovative insights into how candidate movement influences party evolution. Drawing on a comprehensive database of 200,000 electoral candidates from over sixty elections across nine Central and Eastern European democracies, the book employs an evolutionary framework to analyze candidate turnover, party mergers, and leadership changes. This groundbreaking study significantly enhances our understanding of political change in CEE and contributes to broader scholarship on elections and party dynamics.