Believe in me: Parties’ Strategies During a Pandemic, Evidence from Ecuador

There is a growing interest to evaluate the political aftermath of the pandemic. We study how parties attract voters under the redistributive pressure created by COVID-19, looking into the 2021 Ecuadorian elections. We classify the messages that candidates sent, evaluate if and how candidates used C...

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Autores principales:	Angélica Abad Cisneros, Raúl Aldaz Peña, Diana Dávila Gordillo, Sebastián Vallejo Vera
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Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
Materias:	Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ed437c1578124fbe83d10f0d766173352021-12-02T07:34:29ZBelieve in me: Parties’ Strategies During a Pandemic, Evidence from Ecuador1866-802X1868-489010.1177/1866802X211058742https://doaj.org/article/ed437c1578124fbe83d10f0d766173352021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X211058742https://doaj.org/toc/1866-802Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1868-4890There is a growing interest to evaluate the political aftermath of the pandemic. We study how parties attract voters under the redistributive pressure created by COVID-19, looking into the 2021 Ecuadorian elections. We classify the messages that candidates sent, evaluate if and how candidates used COVID-19 to mobilize voters, and assess how voters reacted to them. We followed 858 virtual events and gathered more than 1’575.000 tweets from candidates and their communities. We find that candidates did not place COVID-19 at the center of their strategies but used it to connect with symbolic messages about the capabilities of parties and candidates. Twitter users had a limited engagement with COVID-19-related content. These findings nuance our expectations of the pandemic. COVID-19 was only an element rather than the core of electoral strategies. Our empirical approach can be easily extended to other cases where in-person events are still limited.Angélica Abad CisnerosRaúl Aldaz PeñaDiana Dávila GordilloSebastián Vallejo VeraSAGE PublishingarticlePolitical scienceJENJournal of Politics in Latin America, Vol 13 (2021)
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description	There is a growing interest to evaluate the political aftermath of the pandemic. We study how parties attract voters under the redistributive pressure created by COVID-19, looking into the 2021 Ecuadorian elections. We classify the messages that candidates sent, evaluate if and how candidates used COVID-19 to mobilize voters, and assess how voters reacted to them. We followed 858 virtual events and gathered more than 1’575.000 tweets from candidates and their communities. We find that candidates did not place COVID-19 at the center of their strategies but used it to connect with symbolic messages about the capabilities of parties and candidates. Twitter users had a limited engagement with COVID-19-related content. These findings nuance our expectations of the pandemic. COVID-19 was only an element rather than the core of electoral strategies. Our empirical approach can be easily extended to other cases where in-person events are still limited.
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author	Angélica Abad Cisneros Raúl Aldaz Peña Diana Dávila Gordillo Sebastián Vallejo Vera
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title	Believe in me: Parties’ Strategies During a Pandemic, Evidence from Ecuador
title_short	Believe in me: Parties’ Strategies During a Pandemic, Evidence from Ecuador
title_full	Believe in me: Parties’ Strategies During a Pandemic, Evidence from Ecuador
title_fullStr	Believe in me: Parties’ Strategies During a Pandemic, Evidence from Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed	Believe in me: Parties’ Strategies During a Pandemic, Evidence from Ecuador
title_sort	believe in me: parties’ strategies during a pandemic, evidence from ecuador
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Believe in me: Parties’ Strategies During a Pandemic, Evidence from Ecuador

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