Political parties, campaign, and voting: voter decision-making in municipal elections

Authors

  • HELCIMARA DE SOUZA TELLES Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • LUIZ CLÁUDIO LOURENÇO Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • TIAGO PRATA L. STORNI Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v12i1.6903

Keywords:

elections, electoral behavior, party identifi cation, voting

Abstract

The election for mayor in the capital of the state of Minas Gerais in 2008 occurred in a complex context, characterized by alternating positions of the leading candidates in the polls and by a controversial, informal alliance between PT and PSDB. This study aims at offering the electoral groups’ profi les and at assessing the determinants of the electoral choice in the 2008 mayoral election in Belo Horizonte (MG - Brazil). Making use of a multinomial model of logistic regression, we examine the effects of campaign exposure, party identification and the evaluation of mandates’ and economy’s performances on the voting decision for mayor. The data were collected by surveys carried out by the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and the Instituto de Pesquisas Sociais, Políticas e Econômicas (IPESPE), during the election’s first and second rounds.

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Author Biographies

HELCIMARA DE SOUZA TELLES, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doutora em Ciência Política (Universidade de São Paulo).
Professora da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
Belo Horizonte, Brasil.

LUIZ CLÁUDIO LOURENÇO, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Doutor em Ciência Política (Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro).
Professor da Universidade Federal da Bahia.
Salvador, Brasil.

TIAGO PRATA L. STORNI, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Mestrando em Economia (Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional, UFMG).
Belo Horizonte, Brasil.

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Published

2009-08-11

How to Cite

TELLES, H. D. S.; LOURENÇO, L. C.; STORNI, T. P. L. Political parties, campaign, and voting: voter decision-making in municipal elections. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 1, p. 91–116, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v12i1.6903. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/6903. Acesso em: 26 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Thematic Dossier

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