Some elements of Peronist beliefs and tastes

Latin American Economic Review

Table 2 The beliefs of Peronists and democrats: Luck vs. Effort

	Peronists	Non-Peronists	Democrats	Republicans
Luck vs. Effort
Laziness	39	20	49	75
Unfair society	61	80	51	25
Ratio	0.64	0.25	0.96	3
Beliefs about who runs economy
Run by a few big interests	71	95	76	68
Run for all	29	5	24	32
Ratio	2.4	19	3.2	2.1

(1) Peronist (Non-Peronist) is the sub-sample of Argentines that declare an intention to vote for the Peronist Party (Any party that is not the Peronist Party). Democrats (Republicans) are the sub-sample of Americans declaring an intention to vote for the Democrat (Republican) Party. (2) “Laziness” is the fraction of these groups answering “They are poor because of laziness and lack of willpower” to the question “Why in your opinion are there people in this country who live in need?”, whereas “Unfair Society” is the group answering “They are poor because society treats them unfairly”. (3) “Run by a few big interests” is the group giving that answer to the question “Generally speaking, would you say that this country is run by a few big interests looking out for themselves, or that it is run for the benefit of all the people?”