Prefeitos, Platforms, and the Police: Public Security in Brazilian Elections 2012-2022

• In Event: Elections in Latin America

Brief Overview

A semi-automated textual analysis of over 60,000 mayoral platforms in Brazil from 2012-2020 explore when local politicians choose to emphasize public security in their electoral campaigns, a policy area where they have little formal or legal control.

Author

• Jacob R Turner, University of Notre Dame