Title: Evidence of Fraud in Brazil's Electoral Campaigns Via the Benford's Law,
Abstract: The principle of democracy is that the people govern through elected
representatives. Therefore, a democracy is healthy as long as the elected
politicians do represent the people. We have analyzed data from the Brazilian
electoral court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE) concerning money donations
for the electoral campaigns and the election results. Our work points to two
disturbing conclusions: money is a determining factor on whether a candidate is
elected or not (as opposed to representativeness); secondly, the use of
Benford's Law to analyze the declared donations received by the parties and
electoral campaigns shows evidence of fraud in the declarations. A better term
to define Brazil's government system is what we define as chrimatocracy (govern
by money).