From Antipetismo to Generalized Antipartisanship: The Impact of Rejection of Political Parties on the 2018 Vote for Bolsonaro

Fuks, Mikhail; Ribeiro, Ednaldo Aparecido; Borba, Julian

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“…It is, thus, arguably the case that Bolsonaro’s anti-system and populist rhetoric against traditional politics was favoured by long-term processes of party system erosion that contributed to the growing perception that all parties were alike and were no longer able to present meaningful alternatives. Not surprisingly, anti-partisan voters were much more likely to vote for Bolsonaro in 2018 (Fuks et al, 2021).…”

Section: The Case Of Brazil: Electoral Stability and Party System Erosionmentioning

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The Illusion of Electoral Stability: From Party System Erosion to Right-Wing Populism in Brazil

Borges

2021

Journal of Politics in Latin America

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Although comparative research has relied heavily on electoral volatility as a proxy for party system institutionalisation (PSI), this measure cannot account for the patterns of interparty interactions that are key to determine the degree of party system stability. I develop a new measure – the party bloc volatility (PBV) index – to account for consistency in the ideological positions and in the partisan composition of the government and opposition blocs. I demonstrate the limitations of the index of electoral volatility by analysing the case of Brazil. Although electoral volatility substantially decreased between 1994 and 2010, the patterns of interparty alliances became less and less predictable from 2002 onwards, as party fragmentation increased while interparty ideological differences decreased. In combination with a major economic and political crisis, these trends led to the discrediting of the established parties and thus favoured the rise of the extreme right in the 2018 elections.

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The Illusion of Electoral Stability: From Party System Erosion to Right-Wing Populism in Brazil

Borges

2021

Journal of Politics in Latin America

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“…The results above are in line with the findings of Torcal et al (2002) on cultural antipartisanship in the Europe, which created conditions for the emergence and electoral growth of neopopulist parties. In the Brazilian case, intolerant antipartisanship seems to have contributed to generating an attitudinal bases favourable to the authoritarian and morally conservative discourse that emerged victorious from the 2018 presidential elections (Fuks, Ribeiro e Borba, 2021;Fuks e Marques, 2020).…”

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Antipartisanship and political tolerance in Brazil

Fuks

Ribeiro

Borba

2020

Rev. Sociol. Polit.

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Introduction: This article propose to connect two research agendas on political behavior: studies on political tolerance and research on partisanship. Search, by connecting these two agendas, to assess the extent to which parties have become targets of political intolerance and thereby to assess the intensity of negative attitudes towards this central institution of democracy. Studies on partisanship conflicts in Brazil have focused on the antagonism opposing petismo and antipetismo. However, the 2018 elections have shown that Brazilians also adopt other forms of antipartisanship. Changes in patterns of political and electoral behavior in recent years can only be properly understood if we consider variation over time in the intensity and scope of antipartisan sentiment. We propose a typology where antipartisanship may be moderate or radical and may have a narrower or broader target. This theme is significant not only for interpreting Brazil’s current political context, but also for deepening understanding of theoretical and analytical questions. Our understanding is that these different types of antipartisanship are distinct phenomena with different effects. Materials and Methods: The data we use to construct the proposed typology and analyze the range and intensity of antipartisanship are derived from an unprecedented Latin America Public Opinion Project initiative to measure political tolerance in Brazil, in its 2017 edition. Our methodology combine variables of disaffection and political intolerance to construct different voter profiles, based on respondent’s attitudes towards unpopular groups, including political parties. After constructing the typology, we propose regression models to estimate the effects of each type on several attitudes, like support to democracy and institutional trust. Results: Our findings show a relationship between the most extreme types of antipartisanship and attitudes towards democracy. Compared with non-antipartisan voters, intolerant antipartisan are less supportive of democracy and democratic institutions and less favorable to freedom of expression and the granting of political rights to minorities. The intensity of antipartisanship matters more than its scope, since the models show that, there is little difference in the degree of commitment to democracy and democratic principles between the two types of intolerant antipartisans, regardless of the scope of the target of their disapproval. This means that attitudes toward democracy, democratic institutions, and democratic principles depend less on the scope antipartisanship, than on political intolerance towards these groups. Discussion: The data and results presented here indicate that antipartisanship is not a one-dimensional phenomenon. The individual is not merely antipartisan or non-antipartisan. We show that antipartisanship contains at least two dimensions: its scope and intensity. Previous studies have already shown the existence of different expressions of antipartisanship, but this diversity has not yet been systematically explored using a well-defined typology. Our work points to this research agenda.

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“…Samuels and Zucco ( 2018) credit this expansion to the prominence of the PT in the Brazilian political system, as if positive and negative attitudes toward the PT became mixed up with attitudes toward the party system itself. The vote for Bolsonaro in 2018 was strongly related to both antipetismo and negative attitudes toward political parties ( Fuks, Ribeiro, and Borba 2020).…”

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Populists and the Pandemic

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Ringe²

2022

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Populists and the Pandemic examines the responses of populist political actors and parties in 22 countries around the globe to the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their attitudes, rhetoric, mobilization repertoires, and policy proposals.The responses of some populist leaders have received much public attention as they denied the severity of the public health crisis, denigrated experts and data, looked for scapegoats, encouraged protests, questioned the legitimacy of liberal institutions, spread false information, and fueled conspiracies. But how widespread are those particular reactions? How much variation is there? What explains the variation that does exist? This volume considers these questions through critical analysis of countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa by leading experts with deep knowledge of their respective cases. Some chapters focus on populist parties, others on charismatic populist leaders. Some countries examined are democracies, others autocracies. Some populists are left wing, others right wing. Some populists are in government, others in opposition. This variation allows for a panoramic consideration of factors that systematically influence or mediate populist responses to the pandemic. The book thus makes a unique contribution to our understanding of the intersection between two of the most pressing social and political challenges of our time.The book will be of interest to all those researching populism, extremism, and political parties and those more broadly interested in political science, public policy, sociology, communications, and economics.

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From Antipetismo to Generalized Antipartisanship: The Impact of Rejection of Political Parties on the 2018 Vote for Bolsonaro

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

The Illusion of Electoral Stability: From Party System Erosion to Right-Wing Populism in Brazil

The Illusion of Electoral Stability: From Party System Erosion to Right-Wing Populism in Brazil

Antipartisanship and political tolerance in Brazil

Populists and the Pandemic

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