The populist challenge: Multi-level electoral coordination in Brazil's 2018 elections

Autor(es)

Ribeiro, Pedro Floriano ^[1] ; Borges, Andre ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Polit Sci Programme, Sao Carlos - Brazil

^[2] Univ Brasilia, IPOL, Brasilia, DF - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: REGIONAL AND FEDERAL STUDIES; v. 30, n. 3, p. 363-386, 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The literature on second-order elections, coattail effects and multi-level party systems argues that national dynamics tend to shape voters' choices in subnational elections. However, despite Brazil's 2018 general elections having caught the electorate's (and world's) attention due to the rise of a radicalright populist to the presidency, they presented the highest level of incongruence between national and subnational party systems in the country's history. This article presents a general overview of these elections and explores the reasons behind the detachment of subnational races from the presidential election. We argue that the incentives for `provincialization' were much stronger than those for the `presidentialization' of party strategies in 2018, first, because of the unprecedented high level of uncertainty regarding the presidential race and, second, because the presidential winning party was unable to develop a vertically presidentialized strategy. The findings contribute to the debates both on multi-level electoral coordination and on party organizations. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 18/24675-0 - Federalismo, subsistemas partidários estaduais e filiação partidária na América Latina
• Beneficiário: Pedro José Floriano Ribeiro
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Pesquisador Visitante - Brasil
• Processo FAPESP: 17/21519-5 - Desenvolvimento socioeconômico, instituições e partidos: explicando a party membership na América Latina
• Beneficiário: Pedro José Floriano Ribeiro
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular