Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo

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Autor(a) principal: Silva,Glauco Peres da
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Silotto,Graziele
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Political Science Review
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-38212018000200204
Resumo: This article proposes a new interpretation of the regional distribution of votes in the dispute for legislative offices in Brazil. The literature has traditionally understood regionalization to be evidence that politicians deliberately create zones of influences in certain areas. We argue, however, that other dimensions of the Brazilian electoral system, notably the large size and magnitude of electoral districts, reinforce the information that reaches voters and adds value to geographic aspects, such as the home city of the candidates, accounting for the spatial concentration of votes. Using new, previously unpublished, data on the hierarchy of cities, the results for São Paulo between 1998 and 2014 confirm this interpretation. This result suggests a new theoretical understanding about how the Brazilian political system works by introducing another explanation for how certain areas become influential, thereby revealing new research agendas.
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title Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo
spellingShingle Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo
Silva,Glauco Peres da
Electoral incentives
proportional representation
district magnitude
Congressmen, regionalization of votes
title_short Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo
title_full Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo
title_fullStr Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo
title_full_unstemmed Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo
title_sort Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo
author Silva,Glauco Peres da
author_facet Silva,Glauco Peres da
Silotto,Graziele
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author2 Silotto,Graziele
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Silotto,Graziele
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Electoral incentives
proportional representation
district magnitude
Congressmen, regionalization of votes
topic Electoral incentives
proportional representation
district magnitude
Congressmen, regionalization of votes
description This article proposes a new interpretation of the regional distribution of votes in the dispute for legislative offices in Brazil. The literature has traditionally understood regionalization to be evidence that politicians deliberately create zones of influences in certain areas. We argue, however, that other dimensions of the Brazilian electoral system, notably the large size and magnitude of electoral districts, reinforce the information that reaches voters and adds value to geographic aspects, such as the home city of the candidates, accounting for the spatial concentration of votes. Using new, previously unpublished, data on the hierarchy of cities, the results for São Paulo between 1998 and 2014 confirm this interpretation. This result suggests a new theoretical understanding about how the Brazilian political system works by introducing another explanation for how certain areas become influential, thereby revealing new research agendas.
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