Explorando la relación entre evaluación y confianza gubernamental, posición política y participación electoral

The citizens’ evaluation of governments, as well as the trust they place in them, represent important elements of democratic stability. However, in order to fully understand these phenomena, it is necessary to describe them in conjunction with other relevant political attitudes. Thus, an analysis is proposed of the relationship between government evaluation, confidence in government, political position and electoral participation, based on an exploratory statistical analysis by conglomeration and multiple correspondences. This was done using Chilean population data from the CEP —Center for Public Studies— survey of 2016. The analysis concludes that political position, along with trust in government, contributes to the citizens’ evaluation of government management, yet without a clear link between the latter and electoral participation.