O PSOL nas eleições presidenciais: desempenho eleitoral e condições socioeconômicas nos municípios brasileiros

Abstract

This dissertation aims to investigate whether there is correlation between PSOL’s electoral performance in the presidential elections of 2006, 2010 and 2014, and the socioeconomic conditions of the cities in Brazil. In addition, the research maps the PSOL’s electoral performance in these referred elections as a complement of the main objective. The methodology used by this dissertation was the bibliographical research to bring information about the structure of political parties in Brazil, about PSOL and about the socioeconomic conditions in Brazil. The research has a quantitative approach and used a case study as a method of procedure. The results verify the existence of positive correlation between the PSOL’s electoral performance in the presidential elections in 2006, 2010 and 2014, and the socioeconomic conditions of the cities in Brazil. The dissertation is divided into four chapters: introduction, a chapter in which the structure of political parties in Brazil is presented, one about PSOL and the last one brings the mapping of PSOL’s electoral performance and the coefficients of correlation of the three elections