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June 17, 2005 Conference
Surveys and Methods in Mexican Politics
Organizers: Pablo Parás and Luis Estrada
The main purpose of this conference is to bring together scholars and pollsters with expertise on electoral studies in Mexico, and is driven by the necessity to contrast methodological differences, specifically the implementation (validity, reliability, wording, placement, etc.), stability, and relevance of key explanatory indicators.
Conference Agenda
June 17, 2005
UCSD Social Science Building, Room 102
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Panel: Ideology and Party Identification
Chair: Samuel L. Popkin - University of California, San Diego
"The Efficacy of the Left-Right Dimension as an Information Shortcut: A Comparative Analysis"
Ulises Beltrán - BGC y Asociados/CIDE
"Mapping Contemporary Mexican Electoral Politics: Issues, Valence, Parties and Voters"
Jorge Bravo - Duke University
"Ideology, Partisanship, and the Vote in Mexico"
Federico Estévez - ITAM
"The Partisan and Issue Components of Ideological Self-Placements in Mexico, 2000-2002"
Luis Estrada - University of California, San Diego/Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
"Paradoxes of Partisanship: A Revision of Widely Accepted Theoretical Propositions that Empirical Evidence Does not Support"
Alejandro Moreno - Reforma Newspaper/ITAM
"What's Left and Who's Right in Mexican Politics? A Q-Method Approach to Understanding Ideological Labels in Mexican Politics"
Elizabeth Zechmeister - University of California, Davis
12:00 pm - 1:30
Lunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Panel: Turnout and Vote Measurements
Chair: Wayne A. Cornelius - University of California, San Diego
"Turnout Overestimation in Mexico and What to Do About It"
Edmundo Berúmen - Berúmen y Asociados
"New Life after 2000: Changes in the Political Parties' Social Bases"
Rafael Giménez - ARCOP
"Is There a 'Citizen-Activist' Base in Mexican Politics Today? Evidence from the 2000-2002 Panel Study and Related Surveys"
James A. McCann - Purdue University
"Made in Mexico: Towards Better Measurements of Latent Constructs"
Pablo Parás - University of Connecticut/Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Panel: Presidential Approval and Retrospective Voting
Chair: Federico Estévez - ITAM
"Incumbent Popularity and Vote Choice in Mexican State Contests"
Francisco Abundis - Parametría
"Differences in Presidential Approval Measurements due to Question Wording"
Jorge Buendía - Ipsos-Bimsa/ITAM
"Realignment and Electoral Competition in Mexico City"
Gustavo López Montiel - ITESM
"Issues, Perception, and Vote"
Ernesto Pacheco - ITESM
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