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| Author(s): |
Constância Lira de Barros Correia Rodrigues Costa
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2013-02-18 |
| Examining board members: |
Paolo Ricci;
Lorena Guadalupe Barberia;
Maria do Socorro Sousa Braga
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| Advisor: | Paolo Ricci |
| Abstract | |
The current work aims to investigate the split vote for the municipal elections of 2004 and 2008 in Brazil. The study focuses on verifying whether the electorate votes for candidates from different parties and/or coalitions in the same round or not i.e. whether voters split their votes in between the mayor and city counsellor. It is taken for granted in the literature the fact that the electoral co-ordinations among the various parties and political elites has an influential role for the splitting or not of the vote. One of the main indicators of greater electoral co-ordination is related to the party ability to co-ordinate its actions as from electoral coalitions. Thus, the results show how the party electoral co-ordination, besides fostering a greater electoral success, reduces the probability of splitting the vote on the part of the voter. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/04908-9 - Partisan Dynamics and Electoral Behavior in Contemporary Brazil: the case of municipal elections of 2008 |
| Grantee: | Constância Lira de Barros Correia Rodrigues Costa |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |