Psychological Effects of Mixed Electoral Systems: Jalisco and Mexico City, 1995/1997-2018

Abstract

A comparative study is carried out at the local level of two mixed electoral systems in Mexico, Federal District (now Mexico City) and Jalisco. Psychological effects are specifically addressed through the analysis of seventeen elections (eight and nine, respectively). The text, on one hand, presents a proposal to carry out this analysis, and on the other, answers two questions: what psychological effects are observed in these entities in relation to the electoral system dimensions and the electoral system as a whole? and what are the changes observed in these throughout the different periods studied?