Mandatos coletivos e promessas de campanha, como esse novo formato de organização representa seus eleitores: a experiência da Bancada Feminista do PSOL

Abstract

The number of Collective Candidacies has been increasing in the last elections and, even though this format is not new in Brazil, the increase of this type of candidacy indicates towards a new field in political studies yet to be explored. In 2019, data about collective candidacies was collected, the result of it was the document made by the organization “Rede de Ação Política pela Sustentabilidade” (RAPS), defines these candidacies as: “The Collective and Shared mandates are a way to exert the legislative mandate, in which the elected representative commits with sharing the power with a group of citizens.” This document highlights that the format of shared candidacy arises from a scenery of crises in representation. In this piece of work is debated whether Collective Mandates are more representative? Through the study of salience of one collective mandate: The “Bancada Feminista” elected for the legislature in São Paulo city. Materials and methods: The collected data about campaign promises was taken from the candidacy social media, the data about legislative activity was collected from the official site of São Paulo legislative council. Text analysis method was utilized to categorize the sentences and The Manifesto Research on Political Representation (MARPOR) was used as codebook. Expected results: It was expected to see an abundance of themes related to women’s rights. In the field of study about campaign promises, it’s a common pattern to see very few promises being fulfilled, this is expected in this search as well. Discussion: To fulfill the promises does not implicate in more representation, when electors choose a candidate, they do not force them to carry on with all their promises. Representation happens when candidate’ and electors’ interests converge, that’s why it’s important to keep the relation between both very close. By changing the format of representation, collective candidacies try to bring electors and representatives close together, and, with this, increase representation. This research is meant to observe the results of these changes and question the role Collective Mandates are playing in the special representation of minorities.