Victor Araújo

Victor Araújo is a political scientist with a PhD from the University of Zurich and currently serves as a professor at the University of Reading in the UK. His recent research focuses on the impact of the growing evangelical population in Brazil on electoral participation and polarization, revealing that an increase in evangelical churches correlates with decreased voter turnout, contrary to expectations. His findings challenge previous assumptions regarding the engagement of religious groups in politics, highlighting complex dynamics between economic interests and moral alignments within the evangelical electorate.