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100			_aBonifácio, Robert and Botelho, João Carlos Amoroso _943532
245			_aClass voting or economic voting? Electoral support for Chavismo (1998–2015)
260			_aInternational Political Science Review
300			_a44(3), Jun, 2023: p.334-353
520			_aThis article analyses electoral support for chavismo in Venezuela from 1998 to 2015, comprising five presidential elections (1998, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2013) and the legislative election of 2015. Drawing on a comprehensive historical series, the findings contradict an influential body of literature on Venezuelan politics and show that economic voting prevailed during the analysed period. In relation to class voting, the analysis does not find a monotonic vote, in which the poor supported Hugo Chávez and his allies, whereas the rich rejected them, at each election. The direction of associations between these classes and voting for chavismo varied over the investigated period. The findings have important implications for Latin American politics, showing the relevance of economic factors for the left turn in regional politics and helping explain the recent losses of leftist parties in presidential elections. – Reproduced
773			_aInternational Political Science Review
906			_aELECTION
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