%0 Journal Article %1 WOS:000182887900052 %A Costa, RN %A Almeida, MP %A Moreira, JE %A Andrade, JS %C PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS %D 2003 %I ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV %J PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS %K organizations} patterns; social {urban-growth %N 1-4 %P 698-700 %R 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01823-X %T Brazilian elections: voting for a scaling democracy %V 322 %X 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 regime. 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. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

@article{WOS:000182887900052, abstract = {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 regime. 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. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.}, added-at = {2022-05-23T20:00:14.000+0200}, address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS}, author = {Costa, RN and Almeida, MP and Moreira, JE and Andrade, JS}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c50d7533f3f8809892b4d85bf54f554c/ppgfis_ufc_br}, doi = {10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01823-X}, interhash = {7d554b65f00eca8b626031382051031f}, intrahash = {c50d7533f3f8809892b4d85bf54f554c}, issn = {0378-4371}, journal = {PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS}, keywords = {organizations} patterns; social {urban-growth}, number = {1-4}, pages = {698-700}, publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV}, pubstate = {published}, timestamp = {2022-05-23T20:00:14.000+0200}, title = {Brazilian elections: voting for a scaling democracy}, tppubtype = {article}, volume = 322, year = 2003 }