Between knowing and feeling: emotions and the vote in the 2017 Chilean presidential election
How do citizens decide who to vote for in an election? Traditional answers focus on the role of political knowledge, party identification, and evaluations of the past performance of governments as explanatory variables. In this study we evaluate an alternative argument: the role of emotions. Using d...
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| description | How do citizens decide who to vote for in an election? Traditional answers focus on the role of political knowledge, party identification, and evaluations of the past performance of governments as explanatory variables. In this study we evaluate an alternative argument: the role of emotions. Using data from a survey carried out following the Chilean general elections of December 2017, this article investigates the association of emotions with the vote for Sebastián Piñera, and how emotions interact with other relevant factors that correlate with the vote. We conclude that in Chile, together with party identification and the evaluation of past governments, the emotions aroused by candidates are strongly associated with the voting decision. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7d55face44e44649a91d0aa69462a3d82025-08-20T03:35:19ZengCenter for Studies on Public Opinion (CESOP)Opinião Pública1807-01912021-01-0126345247410.1590/1807-01912020263452Between knowing and feeling: emotions and the vote in the 2017 Chilean presidential electionCarolina Segoviahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6586-1643Ricardo Gamboahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5728-2772How do citizens decide who to vote for in an election? Traditional answers focus on the role of political knowledge, party identification, and evaluations of the past performance of governments as explanatory variables. In this study we evaluate an alternative argument: the role of emotions. Using data from a survey carried out following the Chilean general elections of December 2017, this article investigates the association of emotions with the vote for Sebastián Piñera, and how emotions interact with other relevant factors that correlate with the vote. We conclude that in Chile, together with party identification and the evaluation of past governments, the emotions aroused by candidates are strongly associated with the voting decision.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-62762020000300452&tlng=enemotionsvoteparty identificationpolitical knowledgeretrospective evaluationsChile |
| spellingShingle | Carolina Segovia Ricardo Gamboa Between knowing and feeling: emotions and the vote in the 2017 Chilean presidential election Opinião Pública emotions vote party identification political knowledge retrospective evaluations Chile |
| title | Between knowing and feeling: emotions and the vote in the 2017 Chilean presidential election |
| title_full | Between knowing and feeling: emotions and the vote in the 2017 Chilean presidential election |
| title_fullStr | Between knowing and feeling: emotions and the vote in the 2017 Chilean presidential election |
| title_full_unstemmed | Between knowing and feeling: emotions and the vote in the 2017 Chilean presidential election |
| title_short | Between knowing and feeling: emotions and the vote in the 2017 Chilean presidential election |
| title_sort | between knowing and feeling emotions and the vote in the 2017 chilean presidential election |
| topic | emotions vote party identification political knowledge retrospective evaluations Chile |
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