La eficacia de la compra y coacción del voto en las elecciones mexicanas de 2000

Abstract

This paper seeks to document the declining efficacy of various forms of vote buying and coercion in Mexican electoral politics, particularly as demonstrated by the 2000 presidential election and several governor elections held since July 2000. Using data from four national sample surveys and exit polls, as well as interviews by election observers, the paper explores the incidence of vote buying and coercion in the 2000 election and describes some of the new forms that such tactics took. An empirical profile of the voter most likely to be subject to authoritarian mobilization in 2000 is developed, and differences between the parties in the use of vote buying and coercion are highlighted. Finally, the effectiveness of these tactics in determining candidate choice and propensity to vote in 2000 is assessed.