Unsatisfied Democrats and Discontent Leftists: Explaining the Rise of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador’s Institutionalized Party System

• In Event: Populism and Ideology in Latin America

Brief Overview

Using El Salvador's Nayib Bukele as a case study, we challenge the claim that party system change occurs under programmatic inconsistency or convergence between parties. Instead, dissatisfaction with democracy explains Bukele's support.

Authors

• Lucas Matias Perello, The New School

• Patricio D. Navia, New York University