El género y el voto en las elecciones presidenciales en América Latina
¿Por qué las mujeres y los hombres votan de manera diferente en las elecciones presidenciales? Gran parte de la investigación sobre género y decisión de voto se ha centrado en Estados Unidos y Europa Occidental, prestando menos atención al Sur Global. Se desarrolla una teoría sobre las brechas por sexo en el voto presidencial, que muestra cómo la ideología, el feminismo y las personalidades de género pueden ayudar a explicarlas. Para ponerla a prueba, se diseñaron y aplicaron encuestas para las elecciones presidenciales de Chile en 2021, Brasil en 2022 y Argentina en 2023. Los resultados muestran que la ideología y el feminismo explican en gran medida los votos divergentes de hombres y mujeres por las candidaturas presidenciales. Las personas de izquierda, quienes se identifican como feministas y las personas encuestadas con actitudes más feministas fueron más propensas a votar por Gabriel Boric en lugar de José Antonio Kast, por Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva más que por Jair Bolsonaro y por Sergio Massa en lugar de Javier Milei. A diferencia de lo que ocurre en Estados Unidos, las personalidades de género de los latinoamericanos no parecen influir en su decisión de voto.
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