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- Title
Dádivas durante las elecciones mexicanas de 2018.
- Authors
Greene, Kenneth F.; Simpser, Alberto
- Abstract
Election-season handouts of goods and services by political parties are endemic in Mexico's new democracy, and the practice appears to be increasing since 2000. Using information from a 2018 election-season panel data set of ordinary citizens, we provide the most detailed examination yet available of vote-buying attempts in Mexico. Such efforts were practiced by nearly all parties, involved millions of citizens, included a variety of material offers, and attempted to induce voters to alter their electoral behavior in myriad ways. Nevertheless, descriptive evidence implies that compliance with political machines' wishes may have been low because many recipients had a muddled understanding of what they were asked to do and did not fear retribution from the vote buying party. In addition, circumstantial evidence suggests that vote-buying efforts were insufficient to overturn the winning candidate's advantage in the presidential election.
- Subjects
MEXICO; ELECTIONS; VOTE buying; POLITICAL trust (in government)
- Publication
Política y Gobierno, 2020, Vol 27, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1405-1060
- Publication type
Article