Chile, survey: political parties without trust

(ANSA) – SANTIAGO DEL CHILE, 02 OCTOBER – Over half of Chilean adults, three weeks before the municipal vote, are undecided who to vote for, while only 3% of those entitled to vote say they have faith in the political parties, the last in the inverted pyramid that sees the police in first place, with 59% of the preferences. And there is an increasing number of voters for whom a democratic or authoritarian regime “does it all the same”. These are the results of a survey published by the Center for Public Studies (Cep) conducted between August 2nd and September 12th on a sample of 1,482 people over 18 years of age, interviewed in their homes in 127 communities in the South American country. It is no secret that adult citizens of Chile boast a consolidated disaffection at electoral rallies and that their parties suffer from a profound crisis of representativeness: the last presidential elections in 2021 (with voluntary voting) recorded an abstention of 53%. But the data raises concern when compared to the percentages of those who say they prefer democracy (down 7% in just over a year), compared to those who feel indifference when faced with the possibility of being governed by a democratic regime or by a dictatorship (up 6% over the same time period). (HANDLE).