Ideological and Non-Ideological Dimensions of Party Competition: Evidence from Chile

• In Event: Anti-Establishment Candidates and Populism

Brief Overview

While past research shows party competition in Latin America as unidimensional, we argue voters perceive two axes: ideological and non-ideological. In Chile, we find electoral choices are shaped by ideology and attitudes toward the establishment.

Authors

• Pablo Argote, University of Southern California

• Nicolas de la Cerda, Tulane University

• Giancarlo Visconti, University of Maryland