Electoral Governance and Public Trust in Estado de Mexico

Authors

  • Mario Alejandro Torrico Terán Master on Comparative Political Sciences at Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) México, Mexico.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/espiral.v22i62.249

Keywords:

Electoral governance, State of Mexico, electoral authorities, confidence, elections

Abstract

By developing a case study that examines the legal and electoral framework, the electoral bodies design and the conditions of political pluralism in the State of Mexico, this article shows that favorable conditions of electoral governance do not necessarily guarantee public confidence in the performance of these bodies and the overall credibility of the election results, which could affect the legitimacy of the elected political authorities (which is unexpected by the findings of the literature). From these findings we recommend that qualitative research should be done to disclose the informal relations of political parties, with the aim of knowing why the incentives that electoral rules and institutional design should generate are not producing the expected results in terms of the voters’ confidence in elections.

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Author Biography

Mario Alejandro Torrico Terán, Master on Comparative Political Sciences at Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) México, Mexico.

Coordinator at Master on Comparative Political Sciences at Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) México, Mexico.

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Published

2015-01-01

How to Cite

Torrico Terán, M. A. (2015). Electoral Governance and Public Trust in Estado de Mexico. Espiral Estudios Sobre Estado Y Sociedad (eISSN: 2594-021X), 22(62), 101-138. https://doi.org/10.32870/espiral.v22i62.249

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 62: Espiral 62 (january-april 2015)

Section

Estado

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