Measuring Ideology among Voters
Abstract
Research on public opinion in Latin America increasingly incorporates measures of ideology into models of voting behavior. Self-reported left/right ideology and latent ideology derived from a series of issue scales have been extensively studied and validated as measures of political opinion in the United States. These measures have also been used in the study of voting behavior in Brazil, but whether they accurately capture a meaningful component of the decision-making process remains a largely open question. We examine ideological self-placement and a series of issue scales, first for Brazil and then in comparative context with other countries from the region as well as the US. We conclude by making recommendations for the future measurement and study of ideology in Brazil.
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Brazilians lack a basic understanding of left and right and show low levels of issue constraint.
“Similarly, Brazilians are said to lack a basic understanding of left and right and to show low levels of issue constraint (Ames and Smith 2010; Kearney and Machado 2018).”
From Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil (2022) · cites this paper as Kearney and Machado 2018
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Them’ without ‘us’: Negative identities and affective polarization in Brazil
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- Authors
- Kearney, M. C., & Machado, F.
- Venue
- Routledge Handbook of Brazilian Politics
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2018-10-25
- Pages
- 236-250
- OpenAlex
- W2923558175
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2022: 1
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- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Routledge 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
- political ideology, ideology measurement, voting behavior, self-placement, Brazilian voters, Latin American public opinion, cross-national comparison
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