I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science (Profesor-Investigador Titular) 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 and motivated reasoning on voters' electoral behavior. 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 Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Electoral Studies, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, Latin American Research Review, 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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