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English[en]
We hypothesized that electoral behavior in "fragile" democracies, like Colombia 's, manifests distinct characteristics from those in more institutionalized democracies, but the analysis failed to confirm this hypothesis. Contextual variables were not related to the vote, except as manifested through candidate characteristics and campaign issues. Similar to results elsewhere, the variables that most impacted the vote for Álvaro Uribe or Horacio Serpa were related to candidate traits, leadership capacity and favorability, along with campaign issues.
Spanish[es]
La hipótesis de que parte, en el sentido que el comportamiento electoral en democracias frágiles como la Colombiana manifiesta distintas características que en las democracias mas institucionalizadas, no se ve plenamente confirmada: la decisión de voto es independiente de las aquí llamadas variables contextuales y, en cambio, resultan tener mucha incidencia las referentes a la percepción de los candidatos y la identificación de los votantes con los temas de campaña.