Border Regions and Voting Behavior: Proximity, Context, and Electoral Preferences in Brazil's Borderland

• In Event: International Relations and Domestic Politics in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

Borders are crucial to a state’s stability. However, there has been little research on the effects of borders on voting behavior. We use Brazil’s ten highly diverse borders to show that voters who live in borderlands vote more for protectionists.

Authors

• Raduan van Velthem Meira, Washington University in St Louis

• Amaan Charaniya, Washington University in St Louis