<strong>Perception on the Re-election of Mayors in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (ZMG)</strong>

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Filadelfo León-Cázares
Ady Patricia Carrera-Hernández
Ana Eduwiges del Rosario Ortiz-Medina

Abstract

 

This article aims to analyze theoretically and empirically the reelection process of Mexican mayors on the basis of citizens perception from the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (ZMG). A political reform approved in 2014 allowed municipal authorities the possibility of immediate reelection for the first time in modern Mexican history. This change can improve local management, but it might also reinforce old “cacicazgos” that prevail within the country’s regions. After the reform was approved in 2014, a survey was carried out with the participation of 1 517 citizens from the ZMG. The data were analyzed through a model of ordinal logistic regression. The main findings were that citizens would support the major’s reelection based on their performance regarding municipal police and a low corruption level. Besides, it was found that those citizens who sympathize with political parties were more inclined to support reelection whereas those within the highest ranges of age were not keen on this idea. At the end of this article, the limitations of this work are discussed, as well as future opportunities to study this issue.

 

 

 

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León-Cázares, F., Carrera-Hernández, A. P., & Ortiz-Medina, A. E. del R. (2021). <strong>Perception on the Re-election of Mayors in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (ZMG)</strong>. Revista Mexicana De Opinión Pública, (30), 113–133. https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484911e.2021.30.72594
Author Biographies

Filadelfo León-Cázares, Universidad de Guadalajara

 

He is currently a research professor in the Department of Quantitative Methods at the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG). Doctor in Public Administration from the University of North Texas, United States, Master in Economics at the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) and actuary, graduated from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). His area of research includes management and organizational performance in the public and private sectors.  leon@academicos.udg.mx

 

Ady Patricia Carrera-Hernández, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

 

She is currently a visiting professor at the Center for Economic, Administrative and Social Research (CIECAS), of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), located in Mexico City. She has a doctorate in public policy and a master's degree in public economic management. Both academic degrees were awarded to her by the University of Birmingham, UK. She studied her degree in public administration at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). acarrera@ipn.mx

Ana Eduwiges del Rosario Ortiz-Medina, Universidad de Guadalajara

 

She is currently a research professor in the Department of Political Studies at the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG), Guadalajara, Mexico. Doctor in social sciences, with a focus on regional development, and master and graduate in economics, degrees that were awarded by the Universidad de Guadalajara. His research areas are fiscal decentralization, local governments, institutions and local development.  eduwiges.ortiz@academicos.udg.mx

 

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