Confianza en el INE: un análisis en el marco del proceso electoral federal de 2018 / Trust in the ine: An Analysis from the Elections of 2018

Abstract

En México se ha hecho referencia a una crisis de confianza institucional. El Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) no se ha librado de ella, sufriendo una disminución desde 2006. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la confianza en el INE, a partir de una metodología mixta que contempla el análisis de una encuesta nacional tipo panel y de grupos focales. Entre los principales resultados encontramos que la confianza en el INE no es la misma que la confianza en el proceso electoral y que conforme se acerca la jornada electoral disminuye la desconfianza en el INE; asimismo encontramos una desconfianza institucional generalizada por el desconocimiento sobre el proceso electoral y su relación con la política. / In Mexico, it is often repeated that there has been of crisis of public trust in institutions. The National Electoral Institute (INE, in Spanish) has not come unscathed from this, and public trust in it has decreased since 2006. This article provides an analysis of the extent to which the INE is trusted by the public, by way of a mixed method which reviews both national panel surveys and focus group surveys. Among our main findings, firstly, is the fact that public trust in the INE is distinct from trust in the electoral process itself; secondly, that as election season approaches, confidence in the INE actually increases; and finally, that there is widespread institutional distrust arising from a lack of knowledge about the electoral process and its relation to politics.

Keywords

• confianza institucional
• instituto nacional electoral
• elecciones
• confianza electoral
• proceso electoral
• trust in institutions
• national electoral institute
• elections
• electoral trust
• electoral process