Replication Data for: The Drivers of Resemblance in Presidential Regimes: explaining the conversion of pre-electoral coalitions into coalition cabinets

Recent studies have drawn attention to the importance of pre-electoral coalitions in multiparty presidential democracies. Despite this, much scholarship has neglected the period during which pre-electoral coalitions turn into governing coalitions. Through a systematic cross-case analysis of Latin American cases, this paper examines why some coalition governments largely resemble the pre-electoral pacts that preceded them while others do not. The results lend credence to the legislative status granted by pre-election coalition members to the government, the low polarisation among pre-electoral coalition members and the high ideological polarisation in the legislature to explain the resemblance between pre- and post-electoral coalitions. Intriguingly, case based analysis suggests that the temporal distance to government inauguration plays, at best, a marginal role in this process. These findings contribute to the still-growing literature on pre-electoral coalitions in presidential democracies by shedding light on the complex causation behind the pathway from pre-electoral bargaining to fully developed coalition governments.近年来的研究已关注到多党制总统制民主中选举前联盟（pre-electoral coalitions）的重要性。尽管如此，绝大多数相关学术研究却忽略了选举前联盟转变为执政联盟的过渡阶段。本文通过对拉美地区案例的系统性跨案例分析，探究为何部分联合政府与此前的选举前盟约高度相似，而另一部分则截然不同。研究结果证实，选举前联盟成员赋予政府的立法地位、选举前联盟成员内部较低的党派极化程度，以及议会内较高的意识形态极化程度，均可解释选举前后联盟的相似性。值得注意的是，基于案例的分析表明，距离政府就职的时间跨度在此过程中至多仅发挥微弱作用。本次研究阐明了从选举前谈判到成熟联合政府形成路径背后的复杂因果关系，为总统制民主下选举前联盟这一仍在发展的研究文献作出了补充。