«All united we will triumph…» New obstacles for the peronist electoral unity

Authors

  • Rodrigo Zarazaga S.J. Centro de Investigación y Acción Social (CIAS), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46468/18531970.13.1.A1

Keywords:

Peronism, elections, social fragmentation, Argentina, polarization

Abstract

Since the 2001 Argentine crisis, Peronist Party has never run unified for presidential elections. The present article evaluates the causes of this lack of unity. It stands that the traditional base of peronist voters has suffered a progressive social fragmentation, which explains the electoral dispersion of its candidates. The analysis of different data sets offers evidence of this fragmentation as well as its electoral implications, focusing on three dimensions of voters: occupational status, social programs benefits and habitat exclusion.

Published

2019-05-27