Percepción de la corrupción y comportamiento electoral en culiacán (Perception of Corruption and Voting Behavior in Culiacan)

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: Después de varias décadas de escasa información sobre la relación entre corrupción y participación electoral, hay una creciente atención a este tema. Diversas hipótesis intentan de explicar este fenómeno, entre ellas que la corrupción es un agente movilizador y, la contraria, que lleva a la abstención. Este artículo analiza el papel de la corrupción en la participación electoral en el municipio de Culiacán, con información recogida mediante una encuesta sobre cultura política y comportamiento electoral. Los resultados sugieren que la probabilidad de votar tiene una relación negativa con el grado de percepción de la corrupción.

English Abstract: After several decades with scarce information about the relationship between corruption and electoral participation, recently some literature has emerged on this subject. There are several hypotheses that try to explain this phenomenon; one of them considers corruption as a mobilizing agent and another one as a paralyzing agent in electoral activities. In this paper, we study the role played by corruption over electoral participation in the municipality of Culiacán, with information obtained through a survey on political culture and electoral behavior. The statistical results suggest that the probability of voting is negatively related to higher levels of perceived corruption.

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Keywords: electoral participation, corruption, elections, electoral behavior, political institutions

JEL Classification: D72, D73, K42