Dominican Republic's 2012 presidential election

Meilán, Xabier

doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2013.07.005

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“…goods provided by the state bureaucracy to governing party supporters (Gonzalez-Acosta, 2009). The 2012 election was no exception (Meilán, 2014).…”

Section: The Dominican Case: Electoral Uncertainty and Tenure Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…A potential exit from office in the 2012 presidential elections was palpable. The percentage of the population rating the work of the administration as good or very good plummeted from 61 percent in 2008 to 47 percent in 2010 and further to 37.5 percent in 2012 (LAPOP, 2017; figure 4); and several polls predicted an opposition party (PRD) victory in the run-up to the election (Meilán, 2014).…”

Section: The Dominican Case: Electoral Uncertainty and Tenure Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Patrons against clients: Electoral uncertainty and bureaucratic tenure in politicized states

Schuster

2018

Regulation & Governance

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Why would incumbents undertake institutional reforms which constrain their discretion over state resources? Many studies point to electoral competition in response. Risking exit from office, incumbents are argued to reform to insure themselves against potentially hostile successors. This paper challenges this line of reasoning, arguing it confounds two potential implications of electoral competitionpotential and certain electoral losseswhich yield contrary reform incentives. Certain exits from office may well incentivize reforms as insurance. Where elections are contested, however, incumbents face incentives to resist reforms that constrain discretion over state resources that provide incumbents with electoral advantage. This argument is developed and assessed with an institutional reform the literature has neglected so far: job stability protections (tenure) in politicized bureaucracies. A case analysis of the Dominican Republic and suggestive cross-country data confirm theoretical predictions: electoral uncertainty dis-incentivizes tenure reform.Electoral competition may thus be a double-edged sword for institutional reform.

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“…goods provided by the state bureaucracy to governing party supporters (Gonzalez-Acosta, 2009). The 2012 election was no exception (Meilán, 2014).…”

Section: The Dominican Case: Electoral Uncertainty and Tenure Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Dominican Case: Electoral Uncertainty and Tenure Resistancementioning

confidence: 99%

Patrons against clients: Electoral uncertainty and bureaucratic tenure in politicized states

Schuster

2018

Regulation & Governance

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“…The PLD has increasingly dominated electoral politics, particularly since the 2003 economic downturn and financial scandal that temporarily weakened institutional trust and enabled Leonel Fernández (PLD) to defeat incumbent Hipólito Mejía (PRD) in the 2004 presidential elections (Morgan and Espinal, 2006;Sagás, 2005). Fernández won reelection in 2008, and his co-partisan Danilo Medina was elected president in 2012 (Meilán, 2013). 4 Despite relative stability, the Dominican Republic remains marked by inequality and poverty as well as patrimonialism, clientelism and corruption (Morgan et al, 2011).…”

Section: Common Histories Divergent Trajectoriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trust in government institutions: The effects of performance and participation in the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Stoyan

Niedzwiecki

Morgan

et al. 2014

International Political Science Review

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This article analyzes theories of institutional trust in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, two developing countries that have shared some historical legacies but currently manifest divergent economic and political trajectories. The evidence confirms that conventional theories emphasizing participation and government performance help us understand institutional trust in both countries. In addition, the analysis emphasizes the analytical leverage gained by exploring the extent to which different facets of engagement have divergent effects on institutional trust. The findings build upon previous research to underscore the importance of considering how context shapes the precise ways in which performance and engagement influence institutional trust, particularly when analyzing the developing world.

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“…The PLD (Partido de la Liberación Dominicano) and PRD (Partido Revolucionario Dominicano) have converged towards the centre of the political spectrum since the 1980s. While the two parties are not drastically different in terms of policy platforms, the PLD appeals to a more right-wing oriented electorate than the PRD (Hartlyn and Espinal 2009;Morgan et al 2011;Meilán 2014) (Meacham 2013). Evidence on the ideology differences of the two parties can be found in the 2010 AmericasBarometer 2 opinion survey data.…”

Section: Dominican Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…With 57.1% of the votes obtained in the first round, the PLD took over power in 2004 from the PRD after campaigning on the incumbent dismal economic record (Sagás 2005). In 2012, the PLD coalition won by a narrow margin in the first round of the election (51.2%) for the third consecutive time (Meilán 2014). In each election, the two coalition groups collected more than 90% of the votes (Figure A.4).…”

Section: Dominican Politicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Divided island: Haitian immigration and electoral outcomes in the Dominican Republic

Jaupart

2018

Journal of Economic Geography

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This paper provides new evidence on the effect of immigration on electoral outcomes in developing countries and emerging democracies. The Dominican Republic is used as case study as it provides a highly interesting context to analyse this issue. The vast majority of its immigrants come from neighbouring Haiti, and together the two countries share the island of Hispaniola. The analysis relies on a novel municipality panel dataset and an instrumental variable strategy to address the endogeneity of the location decisions of immigrants. I find robust evidence that higher immigrant concentration causes greater support for the rightwing political coalition that has traditionally been more opposed to immigration. At the same time, the popularity of the centre coalition is found to decline in localities characterised by a larger exposure to foreigners. Empirical evidence from election outcomes and opinion survey data suggests that citizenship, political competition, and cultural identity considerations might be shaping individual attitudes towards immigrants in the Dominican Republic.

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Dominican Republic's 2012 presidential election

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Patrons against clients: Electoral uncertainty and bureaucratic tenure in politicized states

Patrons against clients: Electoral uncertainty and bureaucratic tenure in politicized states

Trust in government institutions: The effects of performance and participation in the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Divided island: Haitian immigration and electoral outcomes in the Dominican Republic

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