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Godspeed …

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2020

Nathan P. Kalmoe
Affiliation:
Louisiana State University
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Leaders play a key role in whether their followers accept election losses or turn to violence instead. Here I illustrate the importance of public concession by party leaders after election losses, comparing 2008 and 1860.

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With Ballots and Bullets
Partisanship and Violence in the American Civil War
, pp. xxiii - xxviii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Preface
  • Nathan P. Kalmoe, Louisiana State University
  • Book: With Ballots and Bullets
  • Online publication: 20 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108870504.001
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  • Preface
  • Nathan P. Kalmoe, Louisiana State University
  • Book: With Ballots and Bullets
  • Online publication: 20 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108870504.001
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  • Preface
  • Nathan P. Kalmoe, Louisiana State University
  • Book: With Ballots and Bullets
  • Online publication: 20 October 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108870504.001
Available formats
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