The Fujimorista Voter

• In Event: Fujimorismo Twenty Years after the Fall of Alberto

Abstract

Election after election, a fujimorista party has increased its vote share in presidential elections, from 7.4% in 2006 to 23.6% in 2011 and to 39.9% in 2016. Except from the 2006 election, Keiko Fujimori has been the candidate of Fuerza Popular and has led this party to an increasing popularity, yet she has not won the presidential seat. I will examine first the geographical distribution of the fujimorista vote through an analysis of electoral results in these three elections. This analysis will identify clusters that have voted for a fujimorista party and how this vote has expanded in space in time. Through an analysis of surveys, I will examine a profile of the fujimorista voter and how it changed in 10 years. Using the Americas Barometer and electoral surveys from the Instituto de Opinión Pública of the Universidad Católica, I will inspect how sociodemographic characteristics and political attitudes relate to a vote for Fujimorismo.

Author

• Arturo Maldonado, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)