Abstract

ARMESTO, Alejandra. Evaluation of Local Government Performance and Presidential Approval in Mexico. Frontera norte [online]. 2017, vol.29, n.57, pp.155-176. ISSN 2594-0260.

Does presidential approval benefit from government performance at the subnational level? This article argues that in multilevel systems, in which clarity of responsibility for policy is low, presidential approval ratings are affected by citizens' evaluation of subnational government performance. This paper explores the spillover effects of citizens' evaluation of subnational government performance on presidential approval in Mexico, based on data from the 2012 Americas Barometer study. The results from ordinal logistic regressions and seemingly unrelated regressions indicate that citizen satisfaction with services provided by local governments is positively associated with presidential approval ratings.

Keywords : presidential approval; multilevel systems; clarity of responsibility; government performance; Mexico.