Articulações intrapartidárias e desempenho eleitoral no Brasil
By: AVELINO, George
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ArticlePublisher: Rio de Janeiro : IESP / UERJ, 2012Online resources: Acesso Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais 55, 4, p. 987-1013Abstract: Do Brazils political parties matter in elections? The article focuses on this problem by analyzing whether a mayors election influences his partys electoral performance in the same city. A regression discontinuity model (RDM) was used to identify the causal effect of mayors on their partys electoral performance in elections to National and State Deputies. The findings suggest that a mayors election (even by a difference of only 1%) should increase the votes for the same party in the elections to both National and State Deputy. This result is interpreted as evidence of intra-partisan linkage, whereby mayors act systematically to help elect National and State Deputies from their own parties.
Do Brazils political parties matter in elections? The article focuses on this problem by analyzing whether a mayors election influences his partys electoral performance in the same city. A regression discontinuity model (RDM) was used to identify the causal effect of mayors on their partys electoral performance in elections to National and State Deputies. The findings suggest that a mayors election (even by a difference of only 1%) should increase the votes for the same party in the elections to both National and State Deputy. This result is interpreted as evidence of intra-partisan linkage, whereby mayors act systematically to help elect National and State Deputies from their own parties.
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