Abstract Does endorsing an Islamist agenda protect a candidate involved in corruption from negative voter evaluations? The corruption literature suggests that voter reactions to corruption are not unbiased and as such Islamist agendas could potentially mitigate the negative effects of a corruption scandal, especially in religious societies. The political Islam literature suggests that endorsing an Islamist agenda would not shield corrupt politicians from negative reactions of the voters. We directly answer this question through 2 nationally representative survey experiments in the world’s most populous Muslim democracy Indonesia. Our findings are 2-fold. First, Islamist agendas, in general, have only little effects on voter support for a candidate. Second, voters punish corrupt candidates equally, regardless whether or not they endorse an Islamist agenda.

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宗教能拯救腐败的政客吗？来自印度尼西亚的证据

摘要 支持伊斯兰议程是否可以保护参与腐败的候选人免受选民负面评价？腐败文献表明，选民对腐败的反应并非公正，因此伊斯兰议程可能会减轻腐败丑闻的负面影响，尤其是在宗教社会中。政治伊斯兰文献表明，支持伊斯兰议程不会保护腐败的政客免受选民的负面反应。我们通过在世界上人口最多的穆斯林民主国家印度尼西亚进行的 2 个具有全国代表性的调查实验直接回答了这个问题。我们的发现是 2 倍的。首先，总体而言，伊斯兰议程对选民对候选人的支持几乎没有影响。第二，选民平等地惩罚腐败的候选人，