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Suggest ways to deal with the problems of electoral competition 3 points

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Elections are the key component in the process of democratic representation. They allow citizens to influence and control policymakers, to hold them accountable for their past decision and performance, and give them an opportunity to express a mandate for the future government. In the last decade, a number of important political and electoral outcomes in established democracies have revealed a growing citizens’ dissatisfaction with traditional patterns of political representation. Mainstream parties on the left and on the right, such as Social Democratic parties, Christian Democrats, or Conservatives, which have alternated in government for a long time in many established democracies, are being challenged by new political entrepreneurs. Right-wing and left-wing populist parties, fuelled by discontent about economic austerity measures, concerns about growing immigration, and further European integration, have been increasingly successful at the polls. While populist parties remain in the opposition in most countries, their rising strength means that governance and representation by mainstream parties becomes more difficult. Such changes in the partisan landscape point to important underlying changes in the characteristics and preferences of the electorate. Processes of individualization of vote choices weaken long-standing group loyalties, while economic globalization is changing the economic landscape and influences political alignments. These developments also point to the growing discontent towards political elites which characterizes many established democracies. The economic crisis of the last decade, corruption scandals in many countries, attacks by populist leaders against the “classe politique”, growing economic inequality: all these trends have contributed to eroding citizens’ confidence in political elites and, in many cases, in representative institutions.