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Original Articles • Rev. bras. Ci. Soc. 32 (93) • 2017 • https://doi.org/10.17666/329310/2017   copy

EVANGELICALS, PENTECOSTALS AND POLITICAL REPRESENTATION IN BRAZILIAN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS (1998-2010)* * I am grateful to Paolo Ricci, Ricardo Mariano, Sergio Simoni Jr., Rodolpho Bernabel, Lucas Petroni, and George Avelino for their helpful comments on earlier versions of this article. They are, of course, free of any responsibility for its remaining deficiencies. Some of the material presented here was delivered at seminars at University of São Paulo and at the 34th Lasa Congress. The database to replicate this article is available from the author under request. E-mail address: flmds@usp.br.

EVANGÉLICOS, PENTECOSTAIS E REPRESENTAÇÃO POLÍTICA NAS ELEIÇÕES LEGISLATIVAS NO BRASIL (1998-2010)

ÉVANGÉLIQUES, PENTECÔTISTES ET REPRÉSENTATION POLITIQUE LORS DES ÉLECTIONS LÉGISLATIVES AU BRÉSIL (1998-2010)

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

What is the performance of Evangelical candidates in Brazilian legislative elections? Would Pentecostal candidates be responsible for the political representation of Evangelicals? Do Pentecostal churches have a high degree of electoral success? The Evangelicals influence in Brazilian politics has become increasingly prominent both in the media and in the academia. It is a consequence of the rapid expansion of Pentecostalism in Brazil. Previous literature assumes that Pentecostal candidates would use their congregations as “herd votes”. From a conceptual discussion of the Evangelical candidate and his church linkage, as well as a new database of Evangelical candidates, I present evidence that the share of Evangelical candidates remained stable in the last decade. Pentecostals politicians represent the vast majority of Evangelical politicians in Brazilian legislatures; however, in spite of that, the electoral success of Pentecostal churches is not as strong as it is asserted.

Evangelicals; Pentecostals; Candidates; Elections

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