🇵🇹 Portugal's politics and elections 2.0

[Mike88]

BE candidate for Gaia city, Porto district, accused of domestic violence:

https://twitter.com/revistaSABADO/status/1389693920637067264

Portugal - Left Bloc MP accused of domestic violence

The deputy and candidate of BE to the Municipality of Gaia, Luís Monteiro, is accused of aggression by a woman with whom he had a relationship. Bloco says they were unaware of domestic violence accusations within the party.

Rumors began to spread on Twitter on April 25th, with several alleged Left Bloc militants announcing their party disbandment following a case of domestic violence that the party leadership would have tried to hide. This Tuesday, Catarina Alves denounced that she was a victim of domestic violence on the part of MP Luís Monteiro, the party's candidate for leadership of the Gaia City Council.
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Actually, I also heard/noticed that Twitter and Facebook were inundated, on the 25 April weekend, of reports that there was a huge numbers of BE members leaving the party because of accusations that the party leadership was covering up "accusations of sexual abuse and domestic violence", but I thought it was only Twitter bots just spreading fake news. Well, it seems that easn't the case after all.

[Mike88]

BE candidate for Gaia city, Porto district, accused of domestic violence:

So, the BE MP and candidate for Gaia city, Luís Monteiro, is rejecting the claims that he was abusive towards his ex-girlfriend, and if fact says that the truth was that the real victim was actually him as he accuses his ex-girlfriend of being abusive towards him. He says he has a lot of witnesses

[Mike88]

Poll of polls graphic:

https://twitter.com/EuropeElects/status/1389557361510125568

With less than 5 months before the crucial midterm local elections, here's the state of parties: The PS and PSD are completely stabilized. The PSD has been hovering around the 26-27% mark since the 2019 elections, when they got just bellow 28%, while the PS was going downhill in January/February 2020, but since the pandemic started, the Socialists have been averaging between 38-39% (the PS got 36% in 2019). On the smaller parties, the rise of CHEGA, which is now basically tied with BE in the averages; CDU is stagnant at 5-6% but threatened by IL which is also growing. PAN is also stabilized at around 2%, while CDS is crashing, crashing and crashing.

A very stable party system.

[Mike88]

2021 local elections: PSD drops its support for Isaltino Morais and nominates the party's youth wing leader as candidate.

https://twitter.com/observadorpt/status/1390017411810840581

PSD drops support for Isaltino Morais. Alexandre Poço, leader of JSD, is the new bet

In the last few days, the media had been speculating the delay of the PSD regarding Oeiras and it was reported that the PSD leadership was having second doubts about supporting Isaltino Morais, mayor of Oeiras, in his reelection bid. The main reason was the Sócrates case ruling debacle as Isatino Morais was also, in the past, accused of corruption but the charges drooped as they had prescribed, just like José Sócrates. Mr Morais, nonetheless, spent a few years in jail for other crimes. This would create an embarrassment for the party as the PSD is trashing, almost daily, the PS because of Sócrates and supporting Morais would make them look as hypocrites. The party, therefore, chose the youth wing leader of the party (JSD), Alexandre Poço, as candidate. This evening, in an interview on RTP, Rio said he choose Mr Poço because the PSD had to have a candidate of its own in a city like Oeiras, but acknowledged that winning Oeiras is very difficult.

There are other interesting updates about the elections:

- In Marinha Grande, the PS is having a "civil war". Out of the blue, the deputy mayor of Marinha Grande announced he would run as... the PSD candidate in that city. This news shocked the local PS and the party demands and explanation from the still deputy mayor of the city. The two main parties in Marinha Grande are PS and CDU. PSD only polled 4% in 2017;

- In Figueira da Foz, the tabu of Santana Lopes possible run continues to "haunt" the PS and PSD. There is a movement supporting him and he gives almost daily hints and ideas for Figueira da Foz. His movement says they have polling putting Santana well ahead of the incumbent PS and PSD. He's expected to make a statement about a possible run this week. We'll see;

[Mike88]

The Odemira Covid-19 outbreak continues to dominate the headlines as the government is under fire for approving "containers" for immigrants:

https://twitter.com/AEIOU_pt/status/1389487092137398277

Government approved “immigrants stacked in containers” (and the pandemic uncovered what no one wanted to see)

The government has been under fire, lately, for the pandemic and social situation in Odemira, and a bit on the rest of Alentejo. The Covid-19 outbreak in the village of Odemira, Beja district, is uncovering a dramatic social situation as immigrants who work in agricultural fields are living in containers with no conditions and stacked with each other. Around 6,000 immigrants are living in these conditions and the government is being accused of passing a bill, in 2019, that allowed agricultural companies to set up temporary homes for immigrants, that ended up being "inhumane" and unwholesome. The PSD opposition is blaming the government, with PSD leader Rui Rio calling the situation "a disgrace for Portugal", and others, like Ana Gomes, say the government had to know the situation but preferred to ignore it. In fact, the police has been investigating complaints of slavery, bad working conditions in the Odemira area for more than 2 years, but nothing concrete came out of it.

Controversy as the government forces the civil requisition of a private estate to house people in confinement due to Covid-19:

Related to this is also the "Zmar controversy", as the government forced the civil requisition of Zmar private estate to lodge some immigrants because of the pandemic outbreak. Owners of houses in the estate are furious and accuse the government damaging private properties. The government was able to lodge some immigrants during last night, but the lawyer of the house owners has filled a Court complaint against the civil requestion imposed by the government. Owners are still protesting in the entrance of the estate. The lawyer adds that authorities basically forced its entrance into the estate with a heavy police presence in the area at 2 in the morning.

[Mike88]

2021 local elections: Intercampus poll for Porto Santo island, Madeira, 5,500 inhabitants, PSD incumbent:

Vote share %: (compared with 2017)

31.9% PSD/CDS (-9.7)
31.0% PS (-6.0)
20.6% Independent (new)
  9.2% Others (+4.5)
  7.3% Blank/Invalid (+4.0)

Poll conducted between 15 and 23 April 2021.

[Mike88]

Related to this is also the "Zmar controversy", as the government forced the civil requisition of Zmar private estate to lodge some immigrants because of the pandemic outbreak. Owners of houses in the estate are furious and accuse the government damaging private properties. The government was able to lodge some immigrants during last night, but the lawyer of the house owners has filled a Court complaint against the civil requestion imposed by the government. Owners are still protesting in the entrance of the estate. The lawyer adds that authorities basically forced its entrance into the estate with a heavy police presence in the area at 2 in the morning.

JUST IN: A Court has accepted the owners complaint and now demands that the government removes all immigrants from the private estate Zmar.

A Court has accepted the complaint by the owners of houses in Zmar estate and strikes down the government's civil requisition. The Court now demands that all immigrants sent there by authorities need to be removed. The police is being notified as we speak. No reaction yet from the government.

[Mike88]

Economic Recovery Plan: Costa to bring back Troika policies for the NHS.

https://twitter.com/RTPNoticias/status/1390558264308469760

PRR recovers measures proposed by the troika for the reform of the NHS.

Portugal was the first EU country to sent the Economic Recovery Plan (PRR), in order to get EU funds, to the EU Commission, but it was surrounded in controversy. The document sent didn't had any details of policies or reforms and a the media started pressuring the government to release details and accused Costa of "hiding" the reforms. Pressured by Brussels, the government conceded and released the details of the reforms and they are creating more controversy. One of them is more control of the government to professional bars like lawyers, doctors, etc. But, today, another reform was revealed: Costa is to reform the NHS using the troika bailout reforms. The plan is to concentrate emergency rooms in the metro areas of Lisbon and Porto, thus hurting more rural areas, imposing financial targets for hospitals and more control of the NHS by the Finance minister. These proposals are already creating furious reactions from Hospitals staffs and managements, but the government says that the policies are only "hospital management reforms" and aren't similar at all with the Troika ones.

[Mike88]

Row between Costa and Rio intensifies as Rio "recalls" the 2003 wiretaps that implicated Costa:

https://twitter.com/SICNoticias/status/1390400005689720834

Exchange of accusations between Rio and Costa rise by tone.

The PM and the PSD leader are currently in a back and forward row, and it looks personal. After Costa called Rio a "wind vane", meaning he has no values or principles, Rio responded that Costa had a "posture unworthy of a Prime Minister", and of being vulgar. But on an interview to RTP, Rio raised the stakes and after being questioned about Costa's attacks toward him, mainly about the Justice system, he accused Costa of having no moral to attack him on that matter because Costa himself tried to obstruct justice in 2003, adding that the tapes are on Youtube for everyone to hear them. In fact, during the controversial 2003 Casa Pia pedophile scandal, Costa was caught trying to influence prosecutors, and others, in order to prevent the arrest of a PS MP involved in the case. Pundits suggest that the relation between Rio and Costa is toxic now and probably irreparable.

[Mike88]

Eduardo Cabrita in limbo, again: Interior Minister is facing demands for his resignation, and lashes out against CDS calling them a "shipwrecked party".

https://twitter.com/JornalNoticias/status/1390681100070973442

Eduardo Cabrita says that the CDS-PP "is a shipwrecked party"

The current Zmar debacle and the working conditions of several immigrants in the Alentejo region, is putting, again, the Interior minister Eduardo Cabrita in hot waters. His facing demands for his resignation from all parties on the right, but when asked about the CDS demand, Mr Cabrita called CDS a "shipwrecked party" and "poor CDS". CDS leader, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, aka Chicão, called Mr Cabrita a bully and not worthy of the post he occupies. About the Zmar Court decision, in which a Court accepted the owners complaint against the government, Mr Cabrita said the government didn't received, yet, the Court's decision but will work to defend their case in Court. A legal battle on this case could be starting. Nonetheless, some immigrants are already leaving the Zmar estate and being housed in other locations.

[Mike88]

Another controversy as secretary of the Environment, João Galamba, labels a RTP investigative program as "manure" and a "disgusting thing" on social media:

https://twitter.com/Publico/status/1391408754256719874

Government: Secretary of State calls RTP's information program “manure” and “disgusting thing”

The secretary of the environment, João Galamba, is back in the headlines because of another controversy. In a comment about RTP's investigative program, Sexta às 9, on social media, Mr Galamba labelled the program as "manure" and a "disgusting thing". This tweet response was rapidly deleted but many twitter users made printscreen of his tweet and it became viral. Mr Galamba and RTP are silenced about this controversy, while CDS leader, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, has demanded the resignation of João Galamba. This isn't the first time Mr Galamba and RTP's Sexta às 9 have clashes: the program investigates shady government deals and their focus, lately, has been surrounding the lithium, hydrogen and dam deals that have passed through Mr Galamba desk. For some time now, Galamba labels the program as "fake news" and misleading and there's a personal feud between him and the program's presenter, Sandra Felgueiras.

[Mike88]

2021 local elections update:

- Santana Lopes is in. Santana Lopes will run, as an independent, for the city of Figueira da Foz. He was mayor of the city between 1997-2001 and then ran for Lisbon and also won. This announcement was expected as he has been very active on social media and there's already a movement supporting him. He will face the incumbent PS mayor of the city and the PSD candidate. A race to watch, no doubt.

- In Viseu, the PSD is nervous. After the sudden death of the mayor Almeida Henriques, the party feels orphaned and they still haven't found a candidate. The final choice seems to rest on two names: Fernando Ruas, former mayor 1989-2013, or João Paulo Gouveia, the leader of the local PSD. Polls are being conducted to see who's the strongest, but the PS is hopeful of creating a surprise in Viseu. The city never voted PS in any election since 1974, so a PS win here would be an "earthquake". Another race to watch.

- In Madeira, the independent mayor of São Vicente, will run for reelection as the PSD/CDS candidate. The current mayor is very popular and was reelected in 2017 with almost 80% of the votes. A win here for the PSD would help the goal of trying to regain control in local governments in the islands, after their disastrous 2013 and 2017 results;

- In Coimbra city, the PS will run with incumbent mayor Manuel Machado, while the PSD candidate, José Manuel Silva will lead a coalition of 7 parties: PSD/CDS/PPM/Volt/RIR/Alliance/NC. However, there are currently tensions in the local CDS against the national CDS, as the local branch doesn't want to support Mr Manuel Silva but the national party is forcing their support. The independent movement, "Citizens for Coimbra" (CpC) has also presented their candidate: Jorge Gouveia Monteiro. In 2017, this independent list got 7% of the votes but failed to win a councillor by just 48 votes. Like in 2017, BE will support the CpC movement;

- The PS is starting to announce more and more candidates, but there a few places were there are still tensions. In Barcelos, the local PS is still in infighting and the national party could be forced to intervene. And in Porto city, the party hasn't presented a candidate yet, and the choice is still in the hands of António Costa;

- The PSD mayor of Vila Nova de Famalicão, Braga, around 140,000 inhabitants, will not run for reelection. Rio asked him to run again but he refused, so Familicão is another city in play. However, the city has become more and more aligned with the PSD, even in general elections, but no doubt it will be yet another race to watch.

More updates when available.

[Mike88]

Ventura sits in Court for calling a familly "thugs":

https://twitter.com/cmjornal/status/1391682843915456512

Politics - André Ventura begins to be tried for offenses to a family of the neighborhood of Jamaica

CHEGA leader André Ventura will sit, after toady, in Court as the trial for his statements that a family living in a precarious neighborhood in Seixal, Jamaica neighborhood, starts today. Ventura called a family that took a photo with President Marcelo, when Marcelo visited the neighborhood, "thugs" during a debate for last January presidential elections. The family in question filed a Court complaint against CHEGA and Ventura for offenses against the family's honor and image rights. Ventura, in the debate, also accused the family of attacking a police station and divided society between "good and bad Portuguese".

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Interesting that Pedro Santana Lopes has actually decided to run. What are his chances? Does his Aliança party even exist anymore? Their result in 2019 was... a big flop.

Also lol, I have lost the count of times Ventura has got sued for offensive comments.

[Mike88]

Interesting that Pedro Santana Lopes has actually decided to run. What are his chances? Does his Aliança party even exist anymore? Their result in 2019 was... a big flop.

Also lol, I have lost the count of times Ventura has got sued for offensive comments.

Of all the places in the country where Santana has some kind of a chance is in Figueira da Foz. There seems to be a "somewhat" cult around him there. After he left his party that he created himself, there was an approach from the PSD and Rio, and for a while it seemed that he was going to be a PSD candidate somewhere. Of course, he said he wasn't interested because of the pandemic, but, looking back on that, it seems to me, at least, that what he wanted was the PSD to beg him to run. But, the PSD didn't ate his "begging" and basically said "Oh, you don't want to run? Ok. Bye!". He really wanted to run in Figueira da Foz, but, although there's a "cult" around him there, the local PSD doesn't like him as his tenure as mayor was marked by lots of debt, and the local PSD paid a political price for it. He has a chance because of how popular he is in the city, but, is it enough to win it? I don't know, but it's a race to watch.

Yes, his Aliança party still exists but it's basically a zombie party, right now. They will run some candidates in the local elections, but from what I'm seeing, they are forging a lot of coalitions with the PSD in order to survive. In 2019, Santana didn't offered a single thing other than himself, literally, and his party looked like a PSD 2.0 but with less quality. The result was obvious.

About Ventura, of course, he's already turning this into a political trial as he says "they" want to prove he's a racist and force the ban of the party by the Courts. We'll see how this trial ends.

[Mike88]

Minister of Environment concedes that the words of his secretary were "inappropriate":

https://twitter.com/observadorpt/status/1391805458638323714

Minister of Environment admits that João Galamba used “inappropriate language” when he called “manure” to RTP program

The minister of Environment, João Matos Fernandes, became the first government official to comment on the controversial words of environment/energy secretary, João Galamba. The minister said the words of Mr Galamba were "inappropriate" and that his secretary acknowledged his mistake by deleting his tweet. Mr Galamba accuse a RTP investigative program of being "manure" and "disgusting" in a tweet last Saturday evening. PM Costa was also questioned about this in a press conference with the Argentinian President, but Costa declined to comment.

RTP also reacted to the word of the Energy secretary João Galamba, and the public TV network "repudiates" the words of the the government member and they are very serious because of his office. They also add that the words of the Mr Galamba "disrespect the freedom of information".

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Interesting that Pedro Santana Lopes has actually decided to run. What are his chances? Does his Aliança party even exist anymore? Their result in 2019 was... a big flop.

Also lol, I have lost the count of times Ventura has got sued for offensive comments.

Of all the places in the country where Santana has some kind of a chance is in Figueira da Foz. There seems to be a "somewhat" cult around him there. After he left his party that he created himself, there was an approach from the PSD and Rio, and for a while it seemed that he was going to be a PSD candidate somewhere. Of course, he said he wasn't interested because of the pandemic, but, looking back on that, it seems to me, at least, that what he wanted was the PSD to beg him to run. But, the PSD didn't ate his "begging" and basically said "Oh, you don't want to run? Ok. Bye!". He really wanted to run in Figueira da Foz, but, although there's a "cult" around him there, the local PSD doesn't like him as his tenure as mayor was marked by lots of debt, and the local PSD paid a political price for it. He has a chance because of how popular he is in the city, but, is it enough to win it? I don't know, but it's a race to watch.

Yes, his Aliança party still exists but it's basically a zombie party, right now. They will run some candidates in the local elections, but from what I'm seeing, they are forging a lot of coalitions with the PSD in order to survive. In 2019, Santana didn't offered a single thing other than himself, literally, and his party looked like a PSD 2.0 but with less quality. The result was obvious.

About Ventura, of course, he's already turning this into a political trial as he says "they" want to prove he's a racist and force the ban of the party by the Courts. We'll see how this trial ends.

Oh, I don't think I had realized that Santana Lopes has left Aliança. It does not surprise me in the slightest it is now a zombie party then. I assume he decided that trying to reapproach himself with the PSD made more sense than continuing with a personal party that was did not even manage to enter the Assembly of the Republic. Speaking of his personal popularity or, as you call it, "cult" in Figueira da Foz, what percentage of the votes did Aliança take in the city in 2019? That would be useful.

[Mike88]

Oh, I don't think I had realized that Santana Lopes has left Aliança. It does not surprise me in the slightest it is now a zombie party then. I assume he decided that trying to reapproach himself with the PSD made more sense than continuing with a personal party that was did not even manage to enter the Assembly of the Republic. Speaking of his personal popularity or, as you call it, "cult" in Figueira da Foz, what percentage of the votes did Aliança take in the city in 2019? That would be useful.

Exactly, he left the Aliança with the argument that the party would disappear with him and that it needed to breakaway from him. (Yeah, sure, that was the problem ) And regarding his recent approach to the PSD, the "oranges" don't have the patience they used to have towards Santana, so when he tried the "no, but you know I want it, right? tactic", the PSD just threw him under the bus. Well, in 2019, and Figueira da Foz probably gave the strongest showing for his party, the Aliança got... 2.6% (728 votes out of 28,000); In the urban area, he got 3.4% and was the fifth party, however. Not a lot, to put mildly. But local elections have other characteristics as it's much more personalised and not partisan. We'll see, I'm curious to see polling from Figueira.

[Mike88]

BE candidate for Gaia city, Porto district, accused of domestic violence:

So, the BE MP and candidate for Gaia city, Luís Monteiro, is rejecting the claims that he was abusive towards his ex-girlfriend, and if fact says that the truth was that the real victim was actually him as he accuses his ex-girlfriend of being abusive towards him. He says he has a lot of witnesses

After all the controversy, the BE candidate for Gaia city drops out from the race in order to not hurt the party's chances:

https://twitter.com/Renascenca/status/1392510062309126148

Blocist Luís Monteiro withdraws candidacy for Câmara de Gaia

The BE candidate for Gaia city, MP Luís Monteiro, has dropped out from the mayoral race in Gaia city. Mr Monteiro is accused by his former girlfriend of domestic violence, but he refutes the accusation saying that the real victim was him as his ex-girlfriend was abusive to him. He already filed a complaint against her. He now drops out from the race, as he doesn't want to hurt the party's chances, but will remain as a MP. However, this story is creating a lot of tension within BE with many, within the party, accusing the leadership of "protecting" Mr Monteiro. The media has also been accusing BE of being "hypocrites" and of hurting the fight against domestic violence.

[Mike88]

UCP-CESOP poll for RTP/Público newspaper:

Vote share %:

38% PS (+3)
28% PSD (+5)
  8% BE (nc)
  6% CHEGA (-3)
  5% CDU (-1)
  5% IL (-2)
  3% CDS (+1)
  3% PAN (+1)
  0% Livre (-1)
  4% Others/Invalid (-3)

Left vs Right:

54% PS+BE+CDU+PAN
42% PSD+CHEGA+IL+CDS

Poll conducted between 3 and 7 May 2021. Polled 1,123 voters. MoE of 2.90%.

[Mike88]

More interesting data from the UCP-CESOP poll for RTP/Público newspaper:

Q1: Does António Costa cabinet need a reshuffle?

51% Yes
31% No
18% Undecided

Q2: Which cabinet ministers should be sacked?

19% Eduardo Cabrita (Internal Affairs)
11% Marta Temido (Health)
  7% Francisca Van Dunem (Justice)
  6% Tiago Brandão Rodrigues (Education)
57% Others/None/Undecided

Q3: Do you think the current government will last until 2023?

92% Yes
  4% No
  4% Undecided

Q4: What kind of government agreements should the PS persue?

55% The current one with possible agreements with all parties
14% An agreement with the PSD
13% An agreement with BE-CDU
18% Undecided

Q5: Who should the government negotiate the 2021 budget with? (more than one option available)

42% PSD
28% BE
20% CDU
  5% Others
24% Undecided

Poll conducted between 3 and 7 May 2021. Polled 1,123 voters. MoE of 2.90%.

[Mike88]

Big controversy as no one assumes the blame for the violent clashes between the police and Sporting fans last Tuesday night:

https://twitter.com/AEIOU_pt/status/1392782954225668104

From the Government to Sporting, everyone "shakes the water from the cloak". Party was reported to Lisbon city hall as a “demonstration”

The violent clashes, Tuesday evening, between police forces and Sporting fans is creating a lot of controversy because no one is assuming the blame for allowing so many people to join in the streets. Many accuse the Interior minister, Eduardo Cabrita, of not doing a thing, while other accuse Lisbon city hall of also being silenced, and other accuse Sporting CP of also doing nothing. This was expected and for a few days, as it was reported that Lisbon city and Sporting were negotiating how the celebrations would be. But, the confusion is now total. Sporting Youth fans club said they sent, last week, an email to Lisbon city hall to announce a "demonstration" in front of the stadium, Lisbon city sent the email to the police but then disagreements between the police and health authorities emerged. Sporting wanted a bus route with their players on the streets, which was accepted by health authorities but rejected by the police. Then, the Sports secretary had knowledge of the meetings, but wasn't aware of the outcome, and all of this culminated in the violence of Tuesday night. The PM also announced the opening of an inquiry regarding the police conduct on that night.

Health specialists blame authorities for not planning a thing but are divided on the impacts. Some warn that the massive number of people on the streets that night could make Covid cases skyrock in Lisbon and spread to the whole country, while others say it's unlikely. However, they advise people who were celebrating on the streets to be tested for Covid.

[Mike88]

Armed Forces reforms: Former President Ramalho Eanes and 28 former military chiefs sign a letter against the reforms proposed by the government.

https://twitter.com/RTPNoticias/status/1393157894024036358

Cry of revolt against the reform of the Armed Forces proposed by the Government

In the last few weeks, many Armed Forces officers and Chiefs have been trashing the government's reforms for the Armed Forces. The reform will be voted in Parliament next week, and it will likely pass as it has the support of PS and PSD (82% of seats), but it is creating a lot of controversy. The proposed reform increases the powers of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (CEMGFA) in order to speed up decisions during military operations. This change will, therefore, reduce the powers of the high ranks of the Navy, Army and Air Force. This is infuriating many army officers as they accuse the government and the two main parties of "politicizing" the Armed Forces and also accuse the Minister of Defense, João Gomes Cravinho, of ruling by "threat" and of persuing "degraded political exercises". Because of this, a group of 28 former Army officials, headed by former President Ramalho Eanes, signed a letter to demand that reforms be stopped and for a reassessment from the government. However, it's unlikey a retraction from the government or from the PSD.

[Mike88]

2021 local elections: Campaign posters.

Viana do Castelo:

PS - Socialist Party
https://twitter.com/ArquivoEphemera/status/1393168247592206341

Believe in the future. Luís Nobre

PSD/CDS coalition
https://twitter.com/ArquivoEphemera/status/1393170817228410880

Loving Viana. It's now Viana. Eduardo Teixeira

Lisbon:

BE - Left Bloc
https://twitter.com/ArquivoEphemera/status/1387835623982182407

A city in common. Beatriz Gomes Dias

IL - Liberal Initiative
https://twitter.com/ArquivoEphemera/status/1379760337759649792

Plan B... Bruno Horta Soares. Lisbon more Liberal

Barreiro:

PS - Socialist Party
https://twitter.com/ArquivoEphemera/status/1381234471257698308

2021. Growing up in Barreiro

[Mike88]

Eurosondagem poll for Sol newspaper/Porto Canal/other regional newspapers:

Vote share %:

39.4% PS (-0.2)
27.4% PSD (-0.4)
  8.0% CHEGA (+0.3)
  6.6% BE (+0.4)
  5.0% CDU (-0.2)
  2.5% CDS (+0.5)
  2.4% PAN (+0.3)
  2.2% IL (-0.3)
  6.5% Others/Invalid (-0.4)

Left vs Right:

53.4% PS+BE+CDU+PAN
40.1% PSD+CHEGA+CDS+IL

Poll conducted between 10 and 13 May 2021. Polled 1,008 voters. MoE of 3.07%.