Is This How Democracy Really Works? Executive Approval and Satisfaction with Democracy in Mexico

• In Event: Political Attitudes in Latin America

Brief Overview

Using surveys from the America’s Barometer, we argue that the presidential approval is a crucial mediator of the people’s satisfaction with democracy in Mexico, a country where dissatisfaction with democracy has increased rapidly in recent years.

Authors

• Gabriela A Cantú-Ramos, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO

• Alejandro Monsivais-Carrillo, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte