%0 Journal Article %T Lentas mudan£¿as: o voto e a pol¨ªtica tradicional %A Avelar %A L¨²cia %A Lima %A Fern£¿o Dias de %J Lua Nova: Revista de Cultura e Pol¨ªtica %D 2000 %I Centro de Estudos de Cultura Contempor?nea, CEDEC %R 10.1590/S0102-64452000000100011 %X taking as reference the studies which put together political geography, development, and political power, the main areas of influence of the political parties in brazil are examined, with emphasis on the degree of development of the regions and localities from where the political parties obtain their chief electoral force. the study throws light both on the emergency of new political forces and on the persistence of traditional forms of doing politics. %K brazil [parties and elections] %K brazil [traditional politics]. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-64452000000100011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en