Partisans, Antipartisans, and Nonpartisans: Voting Behavior in Brazil
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Conventional wisdom suggests that partisanship has little impact on voter behavior in Brazil; what matters most is pork-barreling, incumbent performance, and candidates' charisma. This book shows that soon after redemocratization in the 1980s, over half of Brazilian voters expressed either a strong affinity or antipathy for or against a particular political party. In particular, that the contours of positive and negative partisanship in Brazil have mainly been shaped by how people feel about one party - the Workers' Party (PT). Voter behavior in Brazil has largely been structured around sentiment for or against this one party, and not any of Brazil's many others. The authors show how the PT managed to successfully cultivate widespread partisanship in a difficult environment, and also explain the emergence of anti-PT attitudes. They then reveal how positive and negative partisanship shape voters' attitudes about politics and policy, and how they shape their choices in the ballot booth.
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Antipetismo acts as a source for perceptual bias and motivated reasoning.
“it has been shown to act as a source for perceptual bias and motivated reasoning (Samuels and Zucco 2018)”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Samuels and Zucco 2018
Positive and negative identities may emerge 'symbiotically', with the prevalence of the former informing the latter.
“Following Samuels and Zucco (2018)'s argument, positive and negative identities may emerge ‘symbiotically’, with the prevalence of the former informing the latter.”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Samuels and Zucco 2018
Antipetismo is not primarily grounded in ideological beliefs.
“not to be primarily grounded in ideological beliefs (Ribeiro, Carreirão, and Borba 2016; Samuels and Zucco 2018).”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Samuels and Zucco 2018
Antipetismo is a strong rejection of the centre-left PT, in structuring voters' behaviour.
“scholars have long emphasized the relevance of antipetismo, a strong rejection of the centre-left PT, in structuring voters' behaviour.”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Samuels and Zucco 2018
Both positive and negative party attachments in Brazil have long revolved around the PT.
“As Samuels and Zucco (2018) argue, both positive and negative party attachments in Brazil have long revolved around the PT”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Samuels and Zucco 2018
Negative political identities emerge independently out of a strong rejection of the opposing side's party or political figurehead.
“Negative political identities emerge independently out of a strong rejection of the opposing side's party or political figurehead”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Samuels and Zucco 2018
Negative political identities can exert strong independent effects on political behaviour.
“and can exert strong independent effects on political behaviour.”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Samuels and Zucco 2018
Stable partisan identities have largely failed to take root in Brazil.
“stable partisan identities have largely failed to take root (Samuels and Zucco 2018)”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Samuels and Zucco 2018
Out-party cues can be just as strong as in-party cues in influencing individuals' policy views.
“In addition, out-party cues can be just as strong as in-party cues in influencing individuals' policy views (Samuels and Zucco 2018), such that negative identities can mirror partisan attachments (Levendusky 2010) in inducing greater constraint in the ideologically inconsistent Brazilian electorate.”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Samuels and Zucco 2018
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- Authors
- Samuels, D. J., & Zucco, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- ORCID
- Samuels, David J.
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2018-05-10
- OpenAlex
- W3207894319
- Cited by
- 275
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 50 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 34.09
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Political Dynamics in Latin America
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Politics and Society in Latin America
- Keywords
- negative partisanship, voting behavior, Workers' Party (PT), Brazilian politics, redemocratization, party identification, political attitudes, vote choice
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