The political culture in Porto Alegre/RS: the PT and PMDB sympathizers

Abstract

There are many and different approaches used in Political Science to work with political parties, and most of them with an institutionalist character. In order to broaden the discussion in another direction, this article aims to verify if there are differences of political culture between voters sympathizers of political parties in the city of Porto Alegre/RS. This research helps in understanding the reasons that lead some parties to have greater mobilization of supporters in certain times. For this purpose, data are used from a survey conducted in Porto Alegre/RS in 2005. These data represent the tripod: interest-confidence-political participation. It is the assumption that voters of the left parties have a profile more cooperative, more confidence and interest in politics, hypothesis which is confirmed.

Keywords

• political culture
• political parties
• sympathizers of the PT; sympathizers of the PMDB
• Porto Alegre