Replication Data for: How Violations of Electoral Integrity Undermine Partisan Attachments

Electoral integrity has come under increasing pressure in the United States. Evidence shows that voters rarely “punish” antidemocratic behavior if doing so implies voting for opponents. However, such electoral defection sets a high bar for detecting voter alienation. Here, I complement the analysis of partisans' willingness to forego democracy's rules with a more pliable measure of support: partisan attachments. Three preregistered survey experiments offer a nuanced picture of partisans’ tolerance for electoral subversion. On the one hand, few partisans will defend democracy by voting against their party. On the other hand, electoral violations alienate the party base and can even reduce animosity toward the opposing party, indicating that parties cannot undermine elections with impunity. Finally, evidence suggests that partisans mainly update partisan attachments when the information is sponsored by a co-partisan source, indicating that credible linkage institutions may play a crucial role in shaping accountability.