
Leonardo Avritzer
Political scientist
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Oct 4, 2026
Leonardo Avritzer: Understanding the Brazilian election
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Leonardo AvritzerGUEST
Uh, so let, let's start with the presidential coalition system, which is a system that maybe exists only in Brazil, but as party fragmentation is, uh, moving everywhere, maybe we'll see, uh, the system in other places.

Leonardo AvritzerGUEST
But in Brazil, the pre- the president is elected with a majority of the votes, 50% plus one votes.

Leonardo AvritzerGUEST
Uh, but it, the Brazilian president since 1994 never had a majority in parliament, so he needs a coalition.

Leonardo AvritzerGUEST
And, uh, how he crafts this coalition? He crafts this coalition distributing cabinet portfolios to other parties, especially PMDB, but also other parties as the Brazilian system fragmented.
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