Profile of candidates and elected to mayor

2016 and 2020 elections in RS/Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.24302/drd.v13.4221

Abstract

Pierre Bordieu understood that the struggles, in politics, happen with unequal weapons (capitals) that move the choices of the representatives of the population in the political field. This study aims to verify if there was a change in the profile of the candidates offered to the population and of the candidates actually elected to the office of mayor, as well as if it is possible to identify changes, by ideological field (right-left) in the municipal elections of Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil in 2016 and 2020. Data from the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral were used, from the aforementioned elections, considering characteristics of gender, color/race, marital status, age group and re-election status. The statistical method of the chi-square test was used to test the association of profile change. The results point to the existence of significant differences between the different ideological fields of the political spectrum regarding the profile of candidates offered by the parties and those elected in the respective elections of the period.

Keywords: Political parties. Politic Ideology. Municipal elections. Rio Grande do Sul.

Author Biographies

  • Edemar Rotta, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul

    Doutor com Estágio Pós-Doutoral em Serviço Social. Mestre em Sociologia. Professor do Quadro permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Políticas Públicas - Mestrado - UFFS.  Pesquisador nas áreas de desenvolvimento, políticas públicas, políticas sociais e gestão social.

  • Felipe Micail da Silva Smolski, Universidade do Vale dos Sinos - UNISINOS

    Mestre em Desenvolvimento Regional e Políticas Públicas. Doutorando em Economia na Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS. São Leopoldo. Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil

  • Ivann Carlos Lago, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul - UFFS

    Doutor em Sociologia Política. Professor do Quadro Permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em   Desenvolvimento e Políticas Públicas – Mestrado – UFFS. Cerro Largo. Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil.

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2023-06-23

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Vol. 13 (2023)

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ROTTA, Edemar; SMOLSKI, Felipe Micail da Silva; LAGO, Ivann Carlos. Profile of candidates and elected to mayor: 2016 and 2020 elections in RS/Brasil. DRd - Desenvolvimento Regional em debate, [S. l.], v. 13, p. 213–230, 2023. DOI: 10.24302/drd.v13.4221. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unc.br/index.php/drd/article/view/4221. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2025.