Voting and its Impact on Conventional Political Participation. Comparative Analysis Between Uruguay, Costa Rica, Paraguay and Panama

Abstract

By carrying out a comparative analysis through a “most similar” system, based on the socio-political and electoral history of Uruguay, Costa Rica, Paraguay, and Panama, as well as the legal-electoral framework, level in different indexes and the perception of conventional participation, it is possible to demonstrate that there is a direct correlation between electoral participation (vote) in the countries analyzed and conventional political participation.