Los votantes de izquierda ante el Partido Socialista Portugués

Braulio Gómez Fortes

doi:10.3989/ris.2008.i51.109

Authors

Braulio Gómez Fortes IESA-CSIC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/ris.2008.i51.109

Keywords:

Ideology, Economic Vote, Political Parties, Portugal

Abstract

In this paper I aim to show the difficulties faced by socialist parties when retaining an electorate that is closest to their ideological line. I will use the case of the Socialist Party of Portugal (PS-Partido Socialista) to show how leftist citizens are more demanding and pragmatic with PS governments than right-wing citizens with Social Democratic Party (PSD-Partido Democrático Social) governments when economic circumstances are adverse.

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