Spatial distribution of the conservative vote in Rio Grande do Norte and the political and territorial strategies of oligarchic power groups

Abstract

This article presents data and reflections on the relationships between the processes of territorial formation, oligarchic power groups, spatialization of the conservative vote and the strategies used by hegemonic groups in their processes of political, electoral and territorial reproduction. We raised and discussed the material bases, speeches in the National Congress (CN), institutional and political connections of those who make up oligarchic groups and networks of power in Rio Grande do Norte (RN) and unveiling the conservative praxis of potiguares federal deputies. We used mappings, software for reading the textual corpus and secondary databases from the Superior Electoral Court and the CN. We realize that the material base of parliamentarians is one of the elements responsible for the political reproduction of conservative power groups, especially with regard to the ownership of communication vehicles. The direct relationship between the distribution of parliamentary amendments and the spatialization of votes in conservative parliamentarians demarcate territories and denote interests revealed in speeches at the NC, in which local, regional and national elements are intertwined. We conclude that there are relationships between territory, power and conservatism in territorial cuts in RN, opening theoretical-methodological challenges aimed at understanding territories where, in time and space, the hegemony of conservative power groups prevails.