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The Selection of Corruption as the Most Important Problem: Scandals, Political Identification, and Public Opinion in Chile (2010-2023)

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This article examines the conditions under which corruption is selected as the most important problem in Chile (2010-2023). From an agenda-setting perspective, it is argued that scandals increase the salience of the issue, while its prioritization depends on political identification. Using data from the CEP survey and fitting logit models, the results show that the occurrence of scandals is associated with the selection of corruption as the most important problem, especially among individuals who identify with the political center. The study highlights the interaction between contextual shocks and political identification in the prioritization of issues.

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The Selection of Corruption as the Most Important Problem: Scandals, Political Identification, and Public Opinion in Chile (2010-2023). (2026). América Latina Hoy , 96, e32654. https://doi.org/10.14201/alh.32654
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