Party cues in Brazil? A crucial test on the ability of the Brazilian party system to influence public opinion

This article presents a crucial test for the theory of party cues by investigating the association between the legislative positions of the Brazilian political party system in a government-opposition dimension and the governmental assessment made by their supporters. The context of the test is the F...

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Autor: Gramacho, Wladimir
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Opinião Pública (Online)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8666889
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/op/article/view/8666889
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pistas partidárias
Aprovação governamental
Mídia
Voto econômico
Funções de popularidade
Análise multinível
Party cues
Government approval
Media
Economic voting
Vp-functions
Multilevel analysis
Pistas partidistas
Aprobación gubernamental
Medios de comunicación
Voto económico
Funciones de popularidade
Análisis multinive
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Sumario:This article presents a crucial test for the theory of party cues by investigating the association between the legislative positions of the Brazilian political party system in a government-opposition dimension and the governmental assessment made by their supporters. The context of the test is the Fernando Henrique Cardoso government (1995-2002), characterized by successive economic crises, which would tend to reduce the parties’ influence over public opinion, in face of the traditional explanatory power of theories of economic voting and VP-functions. The results, based on multilevel models built upon seven surveys, suggest that party cues work even in a country like Brazil and in the adverse context chosen for this empirical test. The findings also indicate that party cues were stronger according to the media relevance of each political party.