Win, rule and lose: contributions to understand the electoral performance of Peruvian incumbent parties

The article tries to explain the performance of peruvian incumbent parties in the immediate electoral process after their term. To do this, the limitations of two possible explanations are explored: retrospective voting and party institutionalization. Against this, the article proposes that, to expl...

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Autor: Mas Castillo, Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/13885
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/politai/article/view/13885
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Political parties
party government
incumbent party
electoral competition
political leadership
retrospective voting
party institutionalization
Partidos políticos
partido de gobierno
competencia electoral
liderazgo político
voto retrospectivo
institucionalización partidaria
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Sumario:The article tries to explain the performance of peruvian incumbent parties in the immediate electoral process after their term. To do this, the limitations of two possible explanations are explored: retrospective voting and party institutionalization. Against this, the article proposes that, to explain the peruvian government parties poor performance, it is necessary to stressed the importance of the party leader and the presidential candidate. These are key factors that can affect the electoral chances of the Peruvian ruling party in a high caudillism.