The dark side of electoralism: opinion polls and voting in the 2016 Philippine presidential election

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Despite the limits of elections as a mechanism to secure accountability and ensure substantive representation, the 2016 elections drew the highest turnout across elections held since the political transition in 1986, a clear indication of electoralism. The high turnout may be a result of a relatively tightly contested race, with each of the main contenders appealing to constituencies that they symbolically represent. Nonetheless, the 2016 Presidential elections remained personality-oriented, media driven and political clan dominated. The eventual winner, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, garnered the presidency given a combination of factors: the clarity of his campaign message - focused on curbing a single problem (criminality, in general, and the illegal drug trade, in particular) that he elevated as the most serious concern that the next president should address; significant support from a geographic area (Mindanao) and associated ethno-linguistic groups (i.e., Bisaya); and, serious questions of character and competence raised against his opponents (i.e. Binay, Poe and Roxas).

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISSN: 1868-4882
• Umfang: Seite(n): 15-38
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 35(3)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Internationale Beziehungen ; Politikwissenschaft ; internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; Verbrechensbekämpfung ; Kriminalität ; Politik ; Südostasien ; öffentliche Meinung ; Philippinen ; Wahlkampf ; Drogenkriminalität ; Außenpolitik ; Ethnologie ; internationale Beziehungen ; Wahl

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Holmes, Ronald D.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Deutschland
• (wann): 2016

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-10082
• Rechteinformation: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:28 MESZ