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Brazilian Political Science Review (BPSR) is a political science journal, published online and in English, that supports the diffusion of high-quality political science work produced both in Brazil and abroad, thus contributing to the exchange of ideas within the international political science community.
Notice to Readers: All the datasets published by the Brazilian Political Science Review are available at: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/bpsr
Brazilian Political Science Review (BPSR) is a political science journal, published online and in English, that supports the diffusion of high-quality political science work produced both in Brazil and abroad, thus contributing to the exchange of ideas within the international political science community.
Notice to Readers: All the datasets published by the Brazilian Political Science Review are available at: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/bpsr
01/Apr/2016
Willber Nascimento, José Alexandre da Silva Jr, Ranulfo Paranhos, Denisson Silva, Dalson Britto Figueiredo Filho
DOI: 10.1590/1981-38212016000200005
What is the impact of small parties on electoral outcomes? This articles aims at contributing to the literature on party systems by proposing a new method to classify political parties. The methodology is applied to Brazil by focusing on the description of the election results of small parties. Cluster analysis is employed to classify political party size based on their percentage of votes in the Brazilian states. The main findings indicate that classifying parties through cluster analysis is more objective […]
Keywords: cluster analysis; disproportionality; electoral volatility; Small parties
15/Mar/2016
Willber Nascimento, José Alexandre da Silva Jr., Ranulfo Paranhos, Denisson Silva, Dalson Britto Figueiredo Filho
DOI: 10.1590/1981-38212016000100008
What is the impact of small parties on electoral outcomes? This articles aims at contributing to the literature on party systems by proposing a new method to classify political parties. The methodology is applied to Brazil by focusing on the description of the election results of small parties. Cluster analysis is employed to classify political party size based on their percentage of votes in the Brazilian states. The main findings indicate that classifying parties through cluster analysis is more objective […]
Keywords: cluster analysis; disproportionality; electoral volatility; Small parties