Attitudinal Predisposition Towards Vote in Argentina. Individual Variables and Contextual Incentives

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Published: Jun 30, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2017.24.54500

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Ignacio Ramírez
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Guido Leandro Moscoso
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

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This article attempts to study voting turnout from a motivational approach. We will be discussing which are the factors that influence voter turnout on the basis of a recent survey conducted in Argentina during 2015. In theoretical terms, this article proposes that voting turnout results from the interaction of structural, individual and context incentives. According to our findings, high rates of voting turnout can be explained by factors related to political commitment and context.

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Ramírez, I., & Moscoso, G. L. (2017). Attitudinal Predisposition Towards Vote in Argentina. Individual Variables and Contextual Incentives. Revista Mexicana De Opinión Pública, (23), 15–38. https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2017.24.54500

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Author Biographies

Ignacio Ramírez, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales

Graduated in Sociology from the University of Buenos Aires with a diploma of Advanced Studies in Communication, Culture and Politics, obtained at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He is director of the Postgraduate in Public Opinion and Political Communication of the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sciences (FLACSO). He has lectured at the University of San Andrés (FLACSO), at the Universidad de la República de Montevideo and at the Universdad de Buenos Aires. He currently works as a consultant in research and communication and writes columns of political analysis in graphic media as well as academic articles on political participation, electoral behavior and public opinion in specialized magazines.

iramirez@ibarometro.com

Guido Leandro Moscoso, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

He holds a degree in Political Science and a master’s degree in Social Sciences research from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. PhD candidate in political science at Torcuato Di Tella Univesity, he is also Project Manager at Ibarometer, Public Opinion and Market Research Consultant. His lines of research focus on the study of the relationship between civil society, public space and the orientation of public policies; of the legislative policy in Argentina; of electoral participation, and of public opinion. He has participated in international congresses such as the IX Congreso Nacional and the VI Congreso Internacional sobre Democracia, which took place in Rosario in 2014, and the III Congreso de Relaciones Internacionales, held in La Plata, in 2006. He collaborated in the study Voces emergentes. Percepciones sobre la calidad de la vida urbana en América Latina y el Caribe, published in 2016. Currently, he is the general coordinator of editorial production of the magazine Sociedad Argentina de Análisis Político (SAAP).

gmoscoso@ibarometro.com

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