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Constance Eldridge Jason Fu Michael Konek Rachel Perrotta

SÃO PAULO’S “PREFEITURA”. Constance Eldridge Jason Fu Michael Konek Rachel Perrotta. SAO PAULO’S IMPACT. Largest city in  Southern hemisphere São Paulo consists of 39 municipalities in total, and a population of 19,889,559 World's sixth largest city by population

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Constance Eldridge Jason Fu Michael Konek Rachel Perrotta

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  1. SÃO PAULO’S “PREFEITURA” Constance Eldridge Jason Fu Michael Konek Rachel Perrotta

  2. SAO PAULO’S IMPACT • Largest city in  Southern hemisphere • São Paulo consists of 39 municipalities in total, and a population of 19,889,559 • World's sixth largest city by population • The city has an area of 1,575 square kilometers • Metro: 7943 Square kilometers

  3. SAO PAULO’S IMPACT • The Biggest Financial Center in Brazil • The city governance of São Paulo is extremely critical to state level governance • Executives in São Paulo usually have strong influence over national issues • Many politicians use participation in São Paulo politics as a stepping-stone for national level political involvement

  4. THE LAST PREFECT ELECTION • Prefect = Mayor • Term is 4 years • Jose Serrá and Gilberto Kassab 2006 • Gilberto Kassab (Liberal Front Party) and Marta Suplicy (Workers Party) 2008 • Kassab wins 2008 election

  5. WHEN IS IT? • Elections will be held in October, 2012 • Municipal elections are every 4 years • Federal and State elections are on a different rotation with the next election in 2014

  6. WHAT IS AT STAKE? • Over 130 million Brazilian voters will cast their votes (compulsory voting) • Control of the 6th largest city in the world (largest in Brazil) • 11 million Paulistanos living in a metropolis of 40,000 high-rises (most in the world) • Financial and economic heart of Brazil

  7. IMPORTANT ISSUES • 66% of voters think the PSDB Party candidate would leave his post if elected • PT candidate suspected of corruption in his previous position as ministry of education • Lack of necessities: over half of country • My House My Life, investment in housing priced under R$130,000

  8. MORE ISSUES • Police Pacification Units move into favelas and take control, eventually turning it into a “neighborhood” • Very advanced Metro system that is supported by politicians • Housing market and economy have been shaken by international recession

  9. THE CLASSES • The upper classes are concerned about government funded subsidies for housing and education • They fear the inevitable “fixing” of the divide between classes • The poor require better pay, access to education, and protection from gangs • Food and housing costs are especially difficult to find

  10. THE CANDIDATES

  11. JOSE SERRA • Declared for months to the public that he had no interest in running • Made the decision to run for Mayor two weeks before his party, the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB), held its primary • Won his party’s nomination on March 25th

  12. JOSE SERRA • Two of four potential candidates stepped aside for Serra • Former mayor, state governor and twice ran for and lost the presidency • Serra’s stepping down after 15 months as mayor (instead of serving a four-year term) to run for state governor is seen as his biggest political liability

  13. FERNANDO HADDAD • Lula convinced the Worker’s Party (PT) to drop Suplicy and to choose Haddad for the party’s nomination instead • Former education minister • Virtually unknown in Sao Paulo

  14. FERNANDO HADDAD • The PT was close to creating an alliance with current mayor Kassab • This would leave the PSDB isolated • When Serra was announced as the party’s nominee the alliance didn’t happen because Kassab and Serra are friends • The fight between Haddad and Serra will continue a decades-long rivalry between the PSDB and the PT

  15. CLOWN TIRIRICA • Real name is Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva • Ran with the Brazilian Republic Party (PR) to represent Sao Paulo in Congress in 2010 • Used slogans such as “What does a congressman do? I really don’t know, but if you vote for me, I’ll find out” • Won in a landslide and became the second most voted for congressman in Brazil’s history

  16. CLOWN TIRIRICA • Now running for mayor of Sao Paulo as the PR party’s nominee • This will most likely be used as a strategy to hinder Haddad’s candidacy

  17. QUESTIONS • Why does Sao Paulo have such a big impact on Brazil’s presidential election? • According to many opinion polls, who was expected to win the 2008 election? • What are some of the issues that will effect the upcoming election? • How will Clown Tiririca running as a joke candidate actually have a real effect on the 2012 mayoral elections?

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