“Electoral connection”, electoral geography and legislative productiona case study

Resumo

This article provides some reflections on the electoral geography of the 2006 election for state representatives in Minas Gerais, considering the representation profile of the municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte. The hypothesis considered here is that metropolitan regions are under-represented in the Legislative, given their high degree of electoral competition, compared to the rest of the municipalities. Thus, the candidates’ electoral strategies would favor action in non-metropolitan municipalities, which offer greater chances of maximization of votes. Georeferenced information is used at the level of polling places. After the voting patterns were identified, they were related to the characteristics of the representatives’ career trajectory and legislative production, in order to test some hypotheses, especially electoral connection.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2021

Instituição

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Fonte

Cadernos Metrópole

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

DOI

10.1590/2236-9996.2021-5106

Identificador

oai:ojs.revistas.pucsp.br:article/37054

Palavras-chave

política subnacionaldemocracia representativagestão metropolitanageografia do votoconexão eleitoralsub-national politicsrepresentative democracymetropolitan managementelectoral geographyelectoral connection