TY - JOUR AU - Wylie, Kristin AU - Santos, Pedro dos AU - Marcelino, Daniel PY - 2019/08/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Extreme non-viable candidates and quota maneuvering in brazilian legislative elections JF - Opinião Pública JA - Opin. Publica VL - 25 IS - 1 SE - Artigos DO - UR - https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/op/article/view/8656277 SP - 1-28 AB - <p>This article explores the causes and consequences of extreme non-viable candidacies, also known as “ laranja ” (orange) candidacies in the Brazilian political lore. We first define and delineate what makes a candidate a laranja, engaging the comparative literature on sacrificial lambs and using district-level electoral results to operationalize the concept. We then advance a typology of laranjas with four ideal types that vary along dimensions of legality and intentionality. Next, we apply descriptive statistics and a hierarchical logistic regression model to explore the individual, party, and district-level characteristics of extreme non-viable candidates and assess whether and how laranjas are distinct from non- laranjas. Finally, we illustrate the gendered character of laranjas, documenting how the candidate gender quota law in Brazil has been associated with a proliferation of candidatas laranjas (women extreme non-viable candidates).</p> ER -