I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science (Profesor-Investigador) at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City. Previously, I was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame where I was also a Garza PhD Fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.

My research interests include survey research methodology, public opinion formation, and mass political behavior. My main line of research sheds light on the influence of political campaigns on voting behavior. I study the influence of  (negative) partisanship on voters' electoral behavior as well as motivated reasoning. I also participate in collaborative research projects aiming to understanding why voters support corrupt politicians in Latin America, populism in Latin America, and vote-buying in Mexico.

My work has been published in Political Behavior, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Electoral Studies, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública, Política y Gobierno, among other journals.


Contact information:
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)
División de Estudios Políticos
Carretera México-Toluca 3655, Col. Lomas de Santa Fe
Tel.: 55-5727-9800 ext. 2208
Mexico City, Mexico. C.P. 01210
Email: rodrigo.castro@cide.edu / Google Scholar

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