Coronelismo, emprego e voto

The article takes up conceptual elements from Victor Nunes Leal's Coronelismo, enxada e voto to analyze the vote to analyze the growth in complaints of electoral harassment based on data from the 2022 elections. Initially, the use of the term is explored in the debate on the nature of domination in the in the historical reality of the Brazilian state, as well as the permanence of the “vote of cabresto” and its resurgence in a new guise. To this end, it is used a structural approach to political rights and questions the existence of an electoral habitus shaped by coronelist elements. Finally, the guidelines of the National Council of Public Prosecutors (Recommendation 110/2024) are presented to combat electoral harassment practices and the position of the Electoral Justice in the face of these cases.