Sources of Government Approval During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Threat or Electoral Predispositions?

 

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Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Συγγραφέας: Pignataro López, Adrián
Μορφή: artículo original
Ημερομηνία έκδοσης:2021
Περιγραφή:Rally-round-the-flag events are short-term boosts of government approval during crises, and the COVID-19 pandemic produced such an effect in many countries. But why did some people join the rally while others didn’t? Using public opinion data from Costa Rica, this paper tests two hypotheses: first, that threat increases government approval at the outbreak of the pandemic; second, that electoral predispositions shape approval. Results indicate that COVID-19 contagions, as a measure of the threat, are not associated with approval, while past voting patterns are. Positive assessments of the economy and the relief measures also predict higher support for the government. In brief, Costa Rica's rally-round-the-flag event did not overcome the partisan divisions or the ordinary drivers of approval.
Χώρα:Kérwá
Ίδρυμα:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Γλώσσα:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/89257
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1866802X211059184
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/89257
Λέξη-Κλειδί :Rally-round-the-flag events
Government approval
Electoral predispositions
COSTA RICA
COVID-19