Brazilian elections: voting for a scaling democracy
classification
❄️ cond-mat.stat-mech
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electionsscalingbehindbrazilbraziliancandidatecandidateschoice
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The proportional elections held in Brazil in 1998 and 2002 display identical statistical signatures. In particular, the distribution of votes among candidates includes a power-law regimen. We suggest that the rationale behind this robust scaling invariance is a multiplicative process in which the voter's choice for a candidate is governed by a product of probabilities.
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