Political parties shape electoral outcomes by determining who stands for election and what
campaign resources they have at their disposal. The introduction of gender quotas have led …

If representation furnishes the stage where political struggles play out, this stage can be
alarmingly small. In this study, we examine whether social media campaigns in the 2022 …

Elected officials routinely do not reflect the racial diversity of the citizenry. In Latin America,
these descriptive gaps are particularly pronounced. A growing number of studies investigate …

Does the election of politicians from historically underrepresented groups spur others to
enter politics? Some political scientists and policymakers posit that the election of women …

Scholars recognize that individuals change how they racially identify themselves over time
and even from situation to situation. Politicians, however, are typically presumed to have …

This paper provides causal estimates of the effects of increases in the size of candidate lists
on the political careers of newcomers to the political arena. We explore an exogenous …

Brazilian politicians have seemingly adopted new racial identities en masse in recent years.
What are the electoral consequences of asserting membership in a new racial group? In the …

Party elites may hinder racial and ethnic minorities from winning public office by withholding
resources. Prior studies have explored the distribution of money, media access, and party …

This paper deals with Brazil's most recent data on electoral financing. We focus on the
results for political representation throughout the Bolsonaro government (2019-2022), in …

In this technical note, we present one of the main empirical legacies of the research on the
electoral campaign of candidates for Federal Deputy in the state of Rio de Janeiro during the …