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Contexto social de vizinhança: percepções políticas na cidade de São Paulo

Abstract

This article presents evidences about the influence of social and geographic context on people’s political perception and communication analysing data of a survey research conducted in São Paulo in 2016. This research shows that in the richest districts of São Paulo, regions where PSDB has historical support in local and national elections, the average elector seems to know which party is the strongest in his neighbourhood. At the same time, this elector can determine whether his political opinion is similar or not in relation to the majority, mainly in social homogeneous neighbourhoods. Furthermore, if the elector assumes that his opinion is different, he talks less about politics with his neighbours, suggesting that he modulates social interaction patterns in his neighbourhood context to avoid disagreement.

Keywords:
electoral geography; electoral behaviour; context effects; social interaction

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