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Argentina: The Persistence of Peronism
- Journal of Democracy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 23, Number 2, April 2012
- pp. 148-161
- 10.1353/jod.2012.0029
- Article
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Despite a rocky first term, Peronist President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner saw her popularity rebound, leading to a huge reelection victory in 2011. The election served as a reminder of the remarkable durability and ideologically flexible appeal of the Peronist "brand" in Argentine politics. It also showed the ability of what we might call the Kirchnerist center-left sub-brand of Peronism to dominate at the polls given a divided set of rivals, a national economy buoyed by a commodities boom, and a wave of personal sympathy for a recently widowed incumbent.