Merval points to Marina Silva as the favorite.
According to columnist Merval Pereira, despite being an experienced politician with two terms as senator and experience in Lula's Ministry, Marina Silva manages to maintain a posture that distances her from the image of the traditional politician, in addition to identifying with a third electoral group, the evangelicals, which is of fundamental importance to her vote count.
247 – Globo columnist Merval Pereira indicates that Marina Silva is the favorite in the presidential race. According to him, for now she has only won back her voters: the young people, who took to the streets in 2013 and are disillusioned with traditional politicians, and the residents of large, medium-sized cities.
According to Merval, even though she is an experienced politician with two terms as senator and experience in Lula's Ministry, Marina manages to maintain a stance that distances her from the image of the traditional politician, in addition to identifying with a third electoral group, the evangelicals, which is of fundamental importance to her vote, as pointed out in the research on religions carried out by the team of Professor Cesar Romero Jacob, from PUC-RJ.
However, it is questionable how he will react to the commitments to be imposed by the PSB, such as regional agreements, and what his relations with representatives of agribusiness will be like.