Religious Voting and the Gender Gap: Support for the Radical Right in Chile
Research Question: What explains support for radical-right candidates and to what extent are votersʼ gender, income and religion good predictors of that support? Context: This article answers such questions using the case of Chile, specifically the 2021 presidential election, in which a candidate fr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Nordic journal of religion and society
Year: 2024, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-33 |
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Elections
B Radical Right B Evangelical vote B Gender Gap B Chile |
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| Summary: | Research Question: What explains support for radical-right candidates and to what extent are votersʼ gender, income and religion good predictors of that support? Context: This article answers such questions using the case of Chile, specifically the 2021 presidential election, in which a candidate from the radical right, José Antonio Kast, reached the electionʼs second round. Method: Based on opinion polls and electoral data aggregated at the municipality level, a series of multivariate statistical models was developed to explain the vote for Kast. Conclusions: The following three findings were obtained. First, there was a significant gender gap, with greater support from men than women. Second, this gender gap is highly dependent on the socioeconomic conditions of voters, with the support of men from higher-income segments of the population being more favourable to the radical right. The third is the radical rightʼs robust backing from the evangelical population. |
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| ISSN: | 1890-7008 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nordic journal of religion and society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18261/njrs.37.1.2 |