Class, ideology and politics: an interpretation of the electoral results of 2002 and 2006

The article analyses the impact of social stratification and ideological identification on voting behavior in the Brazilian Presidential elections of 2002 and 2006, and, specifically, it identifies the values and attitudes associated with the vote for Lula. The analysis is based on the 2 waves of th...

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Published in:Opinião pública : publicaçao do CESOP 2007-11, Vol.13 (2), p.283-306
Main Authors: Holzhacker, Denilde Oliveira, Balbachevsky, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Subjects:
Brazil
Candidates
Citizens
Electoral results
Heads of state
Middle class
Political ideology
Presidential elections
Public opinion
Social stratification
Voters
Voting behaviour
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Summary:The article analyses the impact of social stratification and ideological identification on voting behavior in the Brazilian Presidential elections of 2002 and 2006, and, specifically, it identifies the values and attitudes associated with the vote for Lula. The analysis is based on the 2 waves of the ESEB (Brazilian Electoral Study) and it shows that in 2002, the social stratification was not a relevant factor in the explanation of presidential voting, especially the vote for Lula, associated with the self-ideological identification of citizens; in 2006, the situation is the opposite. However, in the two presidential campaigns, the vote for Lula is strongly explained by the voter's identification with the candidate. Reprinted by permission of Centro de Estudos de Opinião Pública
ISSN:0104-6276