2025/11/13 by René Tapia
Social Sciences · #Electoral Systems and Political Participation #Politics and Society in Latin America #Populism, Right-Wing Movements
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/s1049096525101601
openalex created_date 2025/11/13 · openalex publication_date 2025/11/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
ABSTRACT Existing research on Chile’s 2022 constitution-making process primarily explained the negative referendum outcome through individual-level factors. The role of political parties in responding to the product of deliberation has been widely overlooked. This article addresses that gap by examining party reactions to the draft constitution, a proposal aligned with the left-wing constitutional project of New Latin American Constitutionalism. Although the proposal embodied this project, party responses proved far more ambivalent, especially in the center-left, where party endorsement often was conditional. This ambivalence weakened the approval campaign and proved decisive in the referendum’s rejection. The analysis underscores that partisan ideology matters in deliberative constitution-making.