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BELTRAN, Ulises. Institutional Contexts and Individual Decisions: Fourth National CIDE-CSES Survey. Polít. gob [online]. 2007, vol.14, n.2, pp.467-490. ISSN 1665-2037.

This research note describes the fourth Mexican electoral survey (2006) undertaken by CIDE-CSES (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas) as part of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES). The CIDE-CSES project 2006 studies the impact of institutional arrangements on electoral behavior and is part of a larger effort that includes similar surveys of all Mexican federal elections since 1997. Its preliminary results suggest that, in comparative perspective, distrust of the 2006 election is related to the age of the Mexican electoral system. Similarly, it points out that partisan affiliation appears related to party system age. Electoral competition also has increased interest in and information about politics in Mexico.

Palabras llave : comparative analysis; CSES; surveys; satisfaction with democracy; Mexico; 2006 election.