BY OLIVER STUENKEL
MARCH 22, 2022
The former president’s choice of a conservative running mate carries numerous benefits – but also conspicuous risks.
https://www.americasquarterly.org/article/lulas-team-of-rivals-strategy-could-reduce-polarization/
SÃO PAULO – As former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gets ready to run in this year’s presidential election against current President Jair Bolsonaro, he is preparing to announce his widely anticipated choice of running mate. It’s expected to be an old adversary.
Lula’s decision to invite Geraldo Alckmin to join him on the presidential ticket – likely to be formally announced in early April – is the most conspicuous indication yet of Lula’s campaign strategy of reaching out to centrist voters and projecting himself as a moderate, “big-tent” alternative to current president Jair Bolsonaro.
Alckmin, a conservative who governed the state of São Paulo from 2001–2006 and 2011–2018, lost to Lula in the run-off in the 2006 presidential election. He strikes most voters as…
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