FNX Magokiler Posted December 24, 2023 Posted December 24, 2023 The Signs of the week survey from December 18 to 22 shows that in the face of the polarizing and pendulum game of the political elite in the constituent process that lasted four years, citizens preferred continuity with a constitution known and molded in a democratic game of 30 years, to an adventure on either of the two political extremes. At the end of the period, the vast majority of Chileans, 71.3%, consider that there should not be a new constituent process, and only 25.4% believe that there should be. Among those who voted in favor, that percentage rises to 89.5% while only 39.5% of those who voted against consider that there should be a new process. That is to say, a large majority, 55.2% of the sector, wants to end it. With this result, it is more than evident that people consider the process closed, and indirectly - because it was never considered as an option - it gives a seal of legitimacy and normality to the current Constitution. A nuance of constitutional continuity is also evident from the fact that although a majority of 60.8% considers that neither the Government nor the opposition benefited from this process, those who consider that the Government favored it almost triple those who consider that it favored it. the opposition (26.7% to 9.8%), opting for a clear cleavage of constitutional continuity. The importance of the political center On this occasion, the survey sought to delve deeper into the hypothesis of a silent revaluation of the political center that occurred in the midst of a constituent process dominated by extreme political positions, and there are several data that support this idea. Firstly, when those interviewed are asked where they would like the next Government to be located on a scale from left to right of 1 to 10, 43.5% place it with a grade of 5, with wide differences for those who They place it on the Right (30.4%) or on the Left (26.1%), Along the same lines, the average in which a future government is located is with the average score of 5.3, which means in the Center, but with a slight inclination towards the Right. Among those who voted in favor, they consider that a future government should have a score of 6.1, while those who voted against believe that it should have a score of 4.8. Both scores, averaged, give 5.3 and appear much closer to the center than to the extremes. The idea of the revaluation of the center is also supported by the personal location on the same scale, where 44.2% are located with grade 5, that is, exactly the center, while 29.4% are located towards the left and 26.4% to the Right. In general, people place themselves on the scale in a position slightly more towards the extremes than where they expect a future Government to be located. On average, people scored 5.3, equivalent to what is expected for a future Government. However, the positions of those who identify with the Left or the Right are somewhat more extreme (6.5 and 4.3 respectively). The political center and the impact on relevant political figures Despite this new importance of the Center, there is no consensus regarding which political figure represents that political center in Chile. https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2023/12/24/votantes-de-centro-el-nuevo-vector-de-la-politica-nacional/
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