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What fuels conservative voting? Revisiting Costa Rica’s 2018 elections
Detalles
  • Autor(es) Marco Hidalgo Ramírez
  • Enlace   IR AL ARCHIVO
  • Tipo Documentos de Trabajo
  • Fecha de
    Publicación
    2024
Resumen

Despite being known as the most stable and oldest democracy in Latin America, Costa Rica had an unprecedented electoral episode in early 2018. In the light of same-sex marriage legal approval, an evangelical conservative party openly against it suddenly took off in popularity during the campaign. For months the country experienced a tense polarizing atmosphere. In this research, I implement an Instrumental Variable econometric approach using district-level data since 1973 to rigorously test whether lower education and poverty fueled conservative support. My findings suggest that historical economic insecurity did cause conservative support against human rights.