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Race and campaign resources: candidate identification numbers in Brazil
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Abstract Party elites may hinder racial and ethnic minorities from winning public office by withholding resources. Prior studies have explored the distribution of money, media access, and party-list positions. In Brazil, party elites provide each candidate with a unique identification number. Voters must ent... view more
Party elites may hinder racial and ethnic minorities from winning public office by withholding resources. Prior studies have explored the distribution of money, media access, and party-list positions. In Brazil, party elites provide each candidate with a unique identification number. Voters must enter their preferred candidate's identification number into an electronic voting machine to register their support. In this article, we replicate and extend Bueno and Dunning's (2017) analysis of candidate identification numbers. They conclude that party elites do not provide white candidates with superior identification numbers than non-whites. We contend that assessing intraparty variation is theoretically and methodologically warranted. Using party fixed effects, we find that party elites provide non-white candidates with worse identification numbers than whites. We demonstrate that our findings are generalisable using data from other elections. Moreover, we show that party elites also withhold advantageous numbers from women and political novices.... view less
Keywords
voting; Brazil; party; candidacy; minority; election; racism; representativity
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Kandidat; Kandidaten (Wahl); Politische Partei
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 211-223
Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 14 (2022) 2
ISSN
1868-4890
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed