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Leandre Benoit
I am a DPhil candidate in Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR). My doctoral research explores how political parties, particularly in Europe, compete over democratic legitimacy—a dimension often overlooked in traditional models of party competition. I am particularly interested in how legitimacy claims are articulated, challenged, and reshaped in electoral discourse and political contestation; and how voters react to them.