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Can Descriptive Representation Help the Right Win Votes from the Poor? Evidence from Brazil

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dc.contributor.authorFrey, Anderson
dc.contributor.authorDesai, Zuheir
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dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T13:15:04Z
dc.date.available2024-07-08T13:15:04Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe electoral success of the Right in poor nations is typically attributed to nonpolicy appeals such as clientelism. Candidate profiles are usually ignored because if voters value class-based descriptive representation,it should be the Left that uses it. In this article,we develop and test a novel theory of policy choice and candidate selection that defies this conventional wisdom: it is the Right that capitalizes on descriptive representation in high-poverty areas. The Right is only competitive in poor regions when it matches the Left's pro-poor policies. To credibly shift its position,it nominates candidates who are descriptively closer to the poor. Using a regression discontinuity design in Brazilian municipal elections,we show that Right-wing mayors spend less on the poor than Left-wing mayors only in low-poverty municipalities. In high-poverty municipalities,not only does the Right match the Left's policies,it also does so while nominating less educated candidates. © 2021 The Authors. American Journal of Political Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Midwest Political Science Association.
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dc.identifier.citationDesai, Z., & Frey, A. (2023). Can Descriptive Representation Help the Right Win Votes from the Poor? Evidence from Brazil. American Journal of Political Science, 67(3), 671-686.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12664
dc.identifier.issn925853
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3137
dc.issue.number3
dc.journal.titleAmerican Journal of Political Science
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final686
dc.page.initial671
dc.page.total18
dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons Inc
dc.relation.departmentComparative Politics
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.schoolIE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs
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dc.titleCan Descriptive Representation Help the Right Win Votes from the Poor? Evidence from Brazil
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dc.volume.number67
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