Determinantes y características de los independientes en México

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party identification, independents, strategic voting, multiple imputation

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Party identification is the best predictor of vote choice. Independents (those who do notidentify with any party) represent in Mexico around a third of the electorate since morethan a decade ago. Using data from the Second National Survey of Political Culture andCitizen Customs (ENCUP), carried out in March 2003, I find that independents in Mexicohave more education than partisans, belong to a higher social class, are not as interestedin politics, do not vote, do not trust political institutions, and think that Mexico does notlive in full democracy. Independents are potentially decisive in a competitive electoralcontext, given their volatility and sensibility to political campaigns.

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ESTRADA, L. (2006). Determinantes y características de los independientes en México. Política Y Gobierno, 13(1), 149-173. http://www.politicaygobierno.cide.edu/index.php/pyg/article/view/290