The 2018 election brought a record renewal to the Chamber of Deputies. Four years later, 64% of those elected were newcomers or at the end of their first term. This renewal occurred amid the emergence of non-traditional actors strongly related to digital media. The objective of this article is to analyze how this new group related to online tools in the 2022 election. We do this based on the equalization/normalization debate, which discusses the effects of digital media on electoral competition. Thus, we investigate the digital campaigns of the renovative group, looking for signs of equalization through statistical analysis of social media interactions and the investment in digital ads. Our results show that, in general, renewal is related to digital media, but not all renewal can be considered equalization.
equalization; Chamber of Deputies; Brazil; 2022 elections; digital media
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Fonte: Elaboração própria com dados do Crowdtangle coletados no período de 01/07/2022-02/10/2022.
Fonte: Elaboração própria com dados do Crowdtangle coletados no período de 01/07/2022-02/10/2022.
Fonte: Elaboração própria com dados do custo total da campanha de cada deputado eleito coletado do TSE e do volume total de investimento de cada um em impulsionamento, coletado das Bibliotecas de Anúncios do Google e da Meta para o pleito de 2022.