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Este artigo aborda o papel das ideologias esquerda e direita sobre o comportamento político do eleitorado brasileiro, com foco na constrição que essas ideologias devem gerar sobre suas preferências políticas. Em outras palavras, avalia se o eleitor estrutura suas atitudes políticas em consonância com a ideologia de que diz ser adepto. Usando dados de survey do Estudo Eleitoral Brasileiro (Eseb), os achados indicam que parte significativa do eleitorado do Brasil nem se autoposiciona ideologicamente. Pior ainda, a ideologia declarada por poucos eleitores não constringe suas preferências políticas. Seguramente, a grande maioria dos eleitores não conhece a complexidade envolta no antagonismo programático de cada lado do espectro ideológico. Conclui-se, portanto, que as ideologias não são importantes para o comportamento político do eleitorado brasileiro.
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This article explores the role of ideology (left and right) in the Brazilian mass electorate. Specifically, we are interested in examining how ideology constrains the political preferences of Brazilians. Or, said differently, this article explores if Brazilians make use of ideology to structure their political preferences. Using data from the Brazilian Electoral Study Collection (Eseb), we find that many Brazilian voters do not place themselves on a left-right ideological scale when asked to. Moreover, among those voters that place themselves on a left-right ideological scale, we find that ideology does not structure their political preferences. In other words, ideology does not constrain political preferences. To be sure, the notions of left and right do not mean much for the Brazilian electorate.
Keywords: Ideology; Political attitudes. Public opinion. Political Sophistication. Political preferences
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