Partisan Stereotyping and Polarization in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2992565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Samuels (0000-0002-5481-8217, University of Minnesota), Fernando Mello (0009-0004-3488-2520, Fundación Juan March), Cesar Zucco (0000-0001-8263-9585, Fundação Getulio Vargas) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 47-71 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1531-426X • E-ISSN: 1548-2456 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/lap.2023.38 |
| OpenAlex | W4389787718 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 26 |
In recent decades, Brazilian voters have grown polarized between supporters of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party, PT), known as petistas, and its opponents, known as antipetistas. What explains this animosity? One potential source of polarization is partisan stereotyping, a tendency for partisans to misperceive the social composition of both their own side's bases of support as well as their opponents'. We show that most Brazilians overestimate the extent to which petistas and antipetistas belong to party-stereotypical groups such as Afro-Brazilians, evangelical Christians, or poor or rich people. We then show that stereotyping is associated with polarization: the greater the bias in perceived partisan group composition, the greater the perceptions of partisan political extremism and feelings of social distance toward the partisan out-group
Feeling · Perception · Political science · Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |