Electoral Geography

In August 2020, I participated in a “live” about electoral geography, in the We R Live series (about spatial analysis with R) from the Geocast channel. In my presentation, I talked about how political science uses geography (theoretically and methodologically) to study elections, especially in Brazil. I also discussed the strengths and weaknesses of using R in these analyses.

To those interested in learning more about using R for spatial analysis, Geocast’s “We R Live” series is an excellent starting point. Over the last few years, there was a shortage of materials on how to use R for this goal, especially in Portuguese. Since the development of the sf, this has been changing and this series is an excellent example of this trend.