Trust in Congress and Public Opinion: The Mexican Case

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Ricardo R. Gómez Vilchis

Abstract

Lack of confidence in democratic institutions can cause citizens to “bet” on a return to an authoritarian regime. In Mexico, how much does the citizen trust Congress, compared to other institutions? And, most importantly, what determines citizen confidence in Congress? With a database of Barometer of the Americas (lapop, 2014) including 1 100 observations, this article uses ordinary least squares (ols) models and finds that the main determinants of confidence in Congress are the attitude of the citizen toward democracy as a form of government and his perception of corruption among public officials.

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Gómez Vilchis, R. R. (2018). Trust in Congress and Public Opinion: The Mexican Case. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Políticas Y Sociales, 63(233). https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.2018.233.59483
Author Biography

Ricardo R. Gómez Vilchis, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales, UAM-Cuajimalpa, México. Correo electrónico: <ricardoromano2@hotmail.com >.

Ricardo R. Gómez Vilchis es doctor en Ciencia Política, por la Universidad de California San Diego. Adscrito al Departamento de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, División Cuajimalpa. Sus líneas de investigación son las instituciones políticas y el comportamiento político. Destacan entre sus recientes publicaciones: “Atendiendo la causalidad inversa por medio del uso de una variable instrumental: el caso de la satisfacción democrática en América Latina, ¿causa o efecto?” (Sociológica, 2017); “Medios de comunicación, conocimiento y entendimiento de la opinión pública sobre los sucesos políticos. El caso de México” (Revista Mexicana de Opinión Pública, 2018) y “Sistema Judicial y confianza de los ciudadanos” (por publicarse en 2018).

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