Proximidad ideológica en las elecciones presidenciales de Costa Rica, El Salvador y Honduras

  1. Otero Felipe, Patricia 1
  2. Rodríguez Zepeda, Juan Antonio 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Burgos
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    Universidad de Burgos

    Burgos, España

    ROR https://ror.org/049da5t36

  2. 2 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Journal:
América latina hoy: Revista de ciencias sociales

ISSN: 1130-2887

Year of publication: 2017

Issue Title: Centroamérica: política y sociedad

Volume: 77

Pages: 17-45

Type: Article

DOI: 10.14201/ALH201771745 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

In this article we test the theory of proximity voting in the most recent presidential elections of three Central American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras. For this purpose, we specified Mixed Mutinomial Probit models and found that ideological proximity had a relevant effect on voters’ choices. Moreover, the ideological distance between those citizens and the candidates affected the latter differently, depending on the partisan context in which they were competing.

Funding information

Este trabajo se enmarca en el proyecto «Competición ideológica y sistema político: escenarios de estabilidad y escenarios de cambio» (CSO2015-63555-R, MINECO/FEDER), dirigido por la profesora Leticia M. Ruiz.

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