Brazil's Political Culture
Political culture in Brazil has evolved into three styles:
The first style is more traditional: a local army officer would control rural workers and their family's votes. In turn, these political chiefs exchanged votes with politicians for political appointments and public works governing body. The second style is when neighboring representatives of urban politicians would solve migrants with their problems to earn votes. The third style consists the politician appealing to the voter with populist appeal.
Brazil's regional political cultures:
Compared to Southern and Southeastern states, Northeastern and Northern states depend more on political benevolence from Brasilia. This is due to the fact that the southern state, Rio Grande do Sul, been through three civil wars and other frequent political conflicts.
In some Southeast states, there have been an abundant of rural to urban and north to south migration. In addition to that, due to the higher levels of industrialization, income, number labor union members and education, politicians are much more conscious in politics than those in northern and western states.
On the other hand, western frontier states' politics is constantly evolving because there has been a lot of immigrants flooding in from other regions. Most politicians from these regions do not originate from places of Brazilian native root.
Voting:
Voting is a right AND a a duty. Therefore, voting is mandatory for people between ages of 18 and 70. Even people who are illiterate vote. In 1988, constitution lowered the voting age, allowing people of age 16 and 17 to vote voluntarily. That being said, parochials (people who are hardly aware of the government and its politics) can technically be participants too. When voters have something to protest against, they leave the votes blank. This often happens when military oppression is at its acme.
The first style is more traditional: a local army officer would control rural workers and their family's votes. In turn, these political chiefs exchanged votes with politicians for political appointments and public works governing body. The second style is when neighboring representatives of urban politicians would solve migrants with their problems to earn votes. The third style consists the politician appealing to the voter with populist appeal.
Brazil's regional political cultures:
Compared to Southern and Southeastern states, Northeastern and Northern states depend more on political benevolence from Brasilia. This is due to the fact that the southern state, Rio Grande do Sul, been through three civil wars and other frequent political conflicts.
In some Southeast states, there have been an abundant of rural to urban and north to south migration. In addition to that, due to the higher levels of industrialization, income, number labor union members and education, politicians are much more conscious in politics than those in northern and western states.
On the other hand, western frontier states' politics is constantly evolving because there has been a lot of immigrants flooding in from other regions. Most politicians from these regions do not originate from places of Brazilian native root.
Voting:
Voting is a right AND a a duty. Therefore, voting is mandatory for people between ages of 18 and 70. Even people who are illiterate vote. In 1988, constitution lowered the voting age, allowing people of age 16 and 17 to vote voluntarily. That being said, parochials (people who are hardly aware of the government and its politics) can technically be participants too. When voters have something to protest against, they leave the votes blank. This often happens when military oppression is at its acme.