This article explores incumbency advantage and tenure length in the Chilean Chamber of Deputies between 1989 and 2009. After describing how the electoral system frames electoral competition, we present descriptive data of ...

© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.The Argentine provincial elections in 2019 consolidated the control governors had over their own territories. Despite a profound economic crisis, provincial ...

For the first time in Chile, a woman triumphed in the presidential elections. We suggest that Bachelet's victory is explained, primarily, by her personal attributes. Chileans perceived her as the most trustworthy candidate ...

En la ciencia política contemporánea existe un prolífico debate sobre los determinantes de la proporción de votos que obtienen los candidatosa diversos cargos de elección popular. La incumbencia ha sido señalada como una ...