From Fat to Obese: Political Dynasties after the 2019 Midterm Elections

Introducing the Philippine Electoral Violence (PEV) data set: Uncovering trends, targets, and perpetrators of election‐related violence during the 2013–2019 elections

“…A common denominator among these provinces is the presence of “fat” political dynasties, wherein a single or few families dominate elections for decades—as shown in the ASOG Political Dynasties Data set (Mendoza et al, 2019). Historical hostilities among families are also present in the provinces of Abra and Masbate.…”

“…A limitation of this study is that our analysis is mainly based on the PEV which makes for limited comparisons and examination of variations of risk factors among provinces. This is an area that would require extensive research in future studies including collection of qualitative data and connecting the PEV with other datasets containing risk factors of ERVs such as the ASOG Political Dynasties Data set (Mendoza et al, 2019). Through analysis of the PEV, the study uncovered key characteristics of ERVs in the country.…”

“…About six provinces in the medium to high ERVs are ranked in low to medium human development index. 8 Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao are two of three provinces with the lowest HDI, while Samar (Western A common denominator among these provinces is the presence of "fat" political dynasties, wherein a single or few families dominate elections for decades-as shown in the ASOG Political Dynasties Data set (Mendoza et al, 2019). Historical hostilities among families are also present in the provinces of Abra and Masbate.…”

“…A limitation of this hotspot analysis is that an empirical analysis, such as correlation tests, and statistical regression models, were not conducted. As such, further research could apply empirical analysis techniques on the PEV data set, along with other data sets on electoral risk factors such as the ASOG Political Dynasties Data set (Mendoza et al, 2019), to systematically test the hotspot observations made in this study Hotspot magnified: The Cebu case…”

When Running for Office Runs in the Family: Horizontal Dynasties, Policy, and Development in the Philippines

“…First, horizontally dynastic politicians are present at multiple levels of local government: 15% of all municipal mayors and 45% of all provincial governors are horizontally dynastic. Second, because several existing papers on dynastic incumbency advantage and the socioeconomic effects of dynastic status are set in the Philippines (Querubin, 2016; Labonne et al, 2017; Mendoza et al, 2019), our research directly extends and provides channels beyond the incumbency advantage by which dynasties affect Philippine politics.…”