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Personality, Political Behavior, and Political Views about

Mexico’s 2012 Presidential Election

Personalidade, Comportamento Político e Visões Políticas sobre a Eleição Presidencial no México em 2012

Alejandro Moreno

Sergio C. Wals

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Introduction

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Dimensions of Personality

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Data

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Dependent Variables

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Model Specification and Expectations

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Results

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Table 1 – A model of turnout: The role of personality traits (Logistic regression)

Levels of significance: *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001

Source: Comparative National Elections Project in the 2012 Mexican presidential election.

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Figure 1 – Predicted probabilities of turnout (constructed indicator), by personality and

intensity of partisanship

Source: Comparative National Elections Project in the 2012 Mexican presidential election.

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Table 2 – A model of political discussion: The role of personality traits (OLS regression)

Levels of significance: *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001

Source: Comparative National Elections Project in the 2012 Mexican presidential election.

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Table 3 – A model of political views towards electoral integrity: The role of personality

traits. (OLS regression)

Levels of significance: *p<.05; **p<.01; ***p<.001

Source: Comparative National Elections Project in the 2012 Mexican presidential election.

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Conclusions

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Alejandro Moreno é Professor do Departamento de Ciência Política do Instituto Tecnológico Autônomo do México. E-mail:

amoreno@itam.mx

Sergio C. Wals é Professor Assistente do Departamento de Ciência Política e Instituto de Estudos Étnicos da Universidade de

Nebrasca. E-mail: swals2@unl.edu

References

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Texto recebido em 17 de dezembro 2013.

Aprovado em 25 de março de 2014.