Portuguese Presidential Elections 2021

[garbon]

I already regret my pick.

[Duque de Bragança]

Number 1 also has kind of fascy vibes.

Red rose in the hair, red neck-chief - surely not?

Yeah, I did not understand that part.

[Duque de Bragança]

I don't know which one is Salazar. Voted for Carmen.

Would [spoiler]Marcello[/spoiler]Caetano, Salazar's successor, would have been enough?

Is it ever?

Would have been enough, were it not for the colonial wars.

[celedhring]

Are carnations a left-wing thing in Portugal or are they just a generic democracy symbol?

[Josquius]

Number 1 also has kind of fascy vibes.

Red rose in the hair, red neck-chief - surely not?

I guess its the whole dolled up traditional lady thing.

[The Larch]

Number 1 also has kind of fascy vibes.

Red rose in the hair, red neck-chief - surely not?

Tyr and his impeccable political radar. 

She's the Left Bloc candidate.

[Duque de Bragança]

I know who the winner is, too. We don't ignore you *that* much.

Well, now that Spain or rather its inside antagonistic parts are more of a threat to themselves than to anyone else, ignorance is no longer bliss.   

Names and affiliations:

Marisa Matias   B.E. (extreme-left)

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa PSD (centre-right)

Tiago Mayan Gonçalves IL (Classical Liberal)

André Ventura (former PSD) now CHEGA (meaning "enough!") hard right-wing (liberal in economics conservative in mores and cultural nationalist)

Vitorino Silva   R.I.R (acronym also means to laugh but stands for to React to Include to Recycle)

João Ferreira P.C.P (communist)

Ana Gomes (PS but not backed the Party and current PS Prime Minister)

Marcelo won, followed by Ana Gomes just ahead of André Ventura. No run-off needed.

[Duque de Bragança]

Are carnations a left-wing thing in Portugal or are they just a generic democracy symbol?

April Revolution symbol definitively, more lefty but some in the PSD would not object to use it (youth wing probably).

[Syt]

[Duque de Bragança]

That's the one I would have chosen to get Marcelo elected. 

He also helped in saving drowning people from dangerous waters (not politics)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-18/portugal-president-saves-two-women-from-surf-at-popular-beach/12568324

60 % of votes, reelected as predicted. The only thing that he can be criticized for is being too cozy with the PS, but then he has a mostly ceremonial role, with limited veto powers.

[The Brain]

Chicks are cool.

[Duque de Bragança]

Number 1 also has kind of fascy vibes.

Red rose in the hair, red neck-chief - surely not?

I guess its the whole dolled up traditional lady thing.

Funnily enough, André Ventura criticized her for a close enough reason: too much make-up, as in clownish (not serious), namely the red lipstick. Nice to see he is turning against Benfica colour. 

[The Larch]

I know who the winner is, too. We don't ignore you *that* much.

Marcelo won, followed by Ana Gomes just ahead of André Ventura. No run-off needed.

And it was not even close, he got 60% in the first round, he was never really in danger. The main news is André Ventura, the alt-right candidate, getting to 3rd place with almost 12% of the votes, given that they only have one MP.

Regarding party affiliations, even though Ana Gomes is nominally a Socialist (the government party at the moment), she ran a rogue campaign without the support of the party establishment, and was officially supported by two fringe left wing parties (an animal welfare one and an eco-socialist one) who didn't run candidates of their own. Also, even if Rebelo de Sousa is part of the Social Democrats (don't get fooled by the name, in Portugal they're the center right party), as President he's not officially part of any party. He was supported for the election by their own Social Democrats as well as the conservatives.

[Duque de Bragança]

Better score than last time i.e 52 %. More abstention this time, however, for obvious reasons.

[celedhring]

I know who the winner is, too. We don't ignore you *that* much.

Well, now that Spain or rather its inside antagonistic parts are more of a threat to themselves than to anyone else, ignorance is no longer bliss.   

That's what we let you think