The Electoral Value of Religious Mobilization

• In Event: Party Intermediaries and Electoral Mobilization: Evidence from Brazil, Ghana, Mexico and Pakistan.

Brief Overview

Parties need financial resources to mobilize voters, but when cash-constrained they may turn to religious organizations. We show that stricter funding increases the extent to which parties in Brazil include religious parties in their coalitions.

Authors

• Melani Claire Cammett, Harvard University

• Lucas M. Novaes, Insper

• Guadalupe Tuñón, Princeton University