“Lebanese Elections: Underhanded strategies to gain an edge” is analyzing different strategies used by parties in the Lebanese elections. While providing services and buying votes is an integral part of the electoral process in Lebanon, political parties have complemented these measures with other tactics which give them an advantage in the final vote count. To understand this process in more detail, official party representatives were interviewed who have managed electoral machines, as well as so-called brokers, to better understand how voter persuasion and mobilization is carried out.

“Lebanese elections: Clientelism as a strategy to garner votes” examines the clientelistic links between parties and candidates on one side and the voters on the other. It describes how the fear of other sectarian groups and the expectation of services and good provided by the politician tie the voter to their political patron. The study also takes into account the new electoral law.