For the political scientist, when governors present candidates in partnership, “they send a strong signal to the voter that there will be joint resources and energies in favor of the cities”
The disputes of the second round of the municipal elections, held this Sunday, the 27th, mostly represented victories for the governors. Co-religionists or names supported by the heads of state government won in 35, i.e. 70%, of the 50 cities in which the respective governor had declared his preference for a candidate.
Among the 15 capitals that returned to the polls, the victory percentage of the governors was slightly lower: there were 9 victories for the allies, or 60% of the capitals. This is the case of Sao Paulo, where Ricardo Nunes (MDB) managed to get elected with the support of Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans) and Belém, where Igor Normando (MDB), ally of the governor of Pará Helder Barbalho (MDB), triumphed.
“I thank the greatest leader, without whom this victory would not be possible. My friend who gave me a hand in the most difficult moments,” Nunes said of Tarcísio in his speech after the victory was confirmed.
Some of Sunday’s controversies pitted governors’ bets against names backed by national leaders. In Goiânia, the governor Ronaldo Caiado (Union) fought directly with the former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in the second round between Sandro Mabel (União) and Fred Rodrigues (PL). Mabel, Caiado’s ally, emerged victorious.
In Curitiba, Eduardo Pimentel (PSD) was elected with the support of the governor Mouse Junior (PSD) and, despite being linked to Jair Bolsonaro’s PL, had to deal with Bolsonaro’s greetings to his opponent Cristina Graeml (PMB), who was defeated. In Olinda (PE), the candidate supported by the governor Rachel Lyra (PSDB), Mirella Almeida (PSD), defeated the presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), Vinicio Castello (PT).
“Governors, when they present candidates in partnership, send a strong signal to voters that there will be joint resources and energy for the cities,” said political scientist Rodrigo Prando, of the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. “The fact that the governor gives support to a candidate has enormous symbolic strength, even more so, as we have seen in these elections, than national figures, such as Lula and Bolsonaro.”
THE Estadao showed that, in the first round, the governors’ parties led the list of the most won in 17 states, with local dominance reaching 63% of the municipalities.
The alignment between mayors and their respective governors is seen as a two-way street: for municipal leaders, being on the side of the state government is seen as a guarantee of easier access to money for investments; for governors, the relationship translates into political strength, with the work of electoral leaders scattered in the corners of the country.
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Source: Terra
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