Does Size Matter? Electoral Performance of Small Parties in Brazil
What is the impact of small parties on electoral outcomes? This articles aims at contributing to the literature on party systems by proposing a new method to classify political parties. The methodology is applied to Brazil by focusing on the description of the election results of small parties. Clus...
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| author | Willber Nascimento José Alexandre da Silva Jr Ranulfo Paranhos Denisson Silva Dalson Britto Figueiredo Filho |
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| description | What is the impact of small parties on electoral outcomes? This articles aims at contributing to the literature on party systems by proposing a new method to classify political parties. The methodology is applied to Brazil by focusing on the description of the election results of small parties. Cluster analysis is employed to classify political party size based on their percentage of votes in the Brazilian states. The main findings indicate that classifying parties through cluster analysis is more objective than previous classifications. As a result of this method, the article shows that small parties exert little effect on electoral volatility in Brazil as well as small parties benefit less from the disproportionality between votes and seats than the larger ones. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f7c17ae10284821ac2c0254c6960d2b2022-12-21T18:42:36ZengBrazilian Political Science AssociationBrazilian Political Science Review1981-38211981-38212016-08-0110212610.1590/1981-38212016000200005Does Size Matter? Electoral Performance of Small Parties in BrazilWillber Nascimento0José Alexandre da Silva Jr1Ranulfo Paranhos2Denisson Silva3Dalson Britto Figueiredo Filho4Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Alagoas, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Alagoas, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco, BrazilWhat is the impact of small parties on electoral outcomes? This articles aims at contributing to the literature on party systems by proposing a new method to classify political parties. The methodology is applied to Brazil by focusing on the description of the election results of small parties. Cluster analysis is employed to classify political party size based on their percentage of votes in the Brazilian states. The main findings indicate that classifying parties through cluster analysis is more objective than previous classifications. As a result of this method, the article shows that small parties exert little effect on electoral volatility in Brazil as well as small parties benefit less from the disproportionality between votes and seats than the larger ones.http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bpsr/v10n2/1981-3821-bpsr-10-2-1981-38212016000200005.pdfSmall partiescluster analysiselectoral volatilitydisproportionality |
| spellingShingle | Willber Nascimento José Alexandre da Silva Jr Ranulfo Paranhos Denisson Silva Dalson Britto Figueiredo Filho Does Size Matter? Electoral Performance of Small Parties in Brazil Brazilian Political Science Review Small parties cluster analysis electoral volatility disproportionality |
| title | Does Size Matter? Electoral Performance of Small Parties in Brazil |
| title_full | Does Size Matter? Electoral Performance of Small Parties in Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Does Size Matter? Electoral Performance of Small Parties in Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Size Matter? Electoral Performance of Small Parties in Brazil |
| title_short | Does Size Matter? Electoral Performance of Small Parties in Brazil |
| title_sort | does size matter electoral performance of small parties in brazil |
| topic | Small parties cluster analysis electoral volatility disproportionality |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bpsr/v10n2/1981-3821-bpsr-10-2-1981-38212016000200005.pdf |
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