Internal parties and players often advance right-wing policies, employ populist tactics, and rely on digital technologies to spread their messages and mobilize supporters. Many secure significant electoral support, often becoming the largest or governing party.

Once in power, they seek to reshape liberal democratic institutions — including the judiciary, electoral regulation, and oversight bodies — in ways that consolidate their authority. They also promote alternative understandings of democracy, moving away from established liberal democratic principles toward new interpretations of how democratic systems should function. 

How does it look in practice? Path to Power team members discuss it using examples from the United States, Georgia, Mozambique, and Indonesia.