Voting Behavior, Blame, Divided Federalism in Crime Times in Mexico

• In Event: Voting Behavior in the Global South

Brief Overview

By using survey data of voting behavior in Mexico, I show that the effects of perceptions of crime on voting are restricted by divided federalism. These effects are higher when the president and the governor belong to different parties.

Author

• Ricardo Roman Gómez-Vilchis, Metropolitan Autonomous University