Voters’ ideological stances have long been considered one of the most important factors for understanding electoral choices in Chile. In recent years, however, the literature has begun to call this premise into question, due to several changes in the Chilean political landscape: the current crisis of representation, the high programmatic congruence between the two main coalitions, the decline in the political relevance of the dictatorship, and the rise of nonprogrammatic electoral strategies. In addition to these transformations, Chile switched to voluntary voting in 2012. This article studies whether ideology still informs electoral choices in Chile in an era of voluntary voting. It implements a conjoint survey experiment in low-to-middle-income neighborhoods in Santiago, where voters would be expected to be less ideological. It shows that candidates’ ideological labels are crucial for understanding the electoral decisions of a large part of the sample, particularly among likely voters.

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重新评估意识形态在智利的作用

选民的意识形态立场长期以来一直被认为是了解智利选举选择的最重要因素之一。然而，近年来，由于智利政治格局发生了一些变化，文献开始质疑这一前提：当前的代表危机、两个主要联盟之间的高度计划一致性、政治相关性的下降独裁统治，以及非纲领性选举策略的兴起。除了这些转变，智利在 2012 年转向自愿投票。本文研究了在自愿投票时代，意识形态是否仍然影响智利的选举选择。它在圣地亚哥的中低收入社区实施了一项联合调查实验，预计选民将不那么意识形态化。