Who amplified the rejection of Marina? Marina herself.
Columnist Tereza Cruvinel demonstrates that, contrary to what Marina Silva says, the increase in her rejection rate does not stem from low blows or electoral brawls; it was the PSB candidate herself who gave her opponent Dilma Rousseff arguments to challenge her in the realm of ideas; "It was Marina who backed down from supporting the law against homophobia, expressed in her program, after the ultimatum given to her by Pastor Malafaia," recalls Tereza; she also says that it was Marina's program that neglected the pre-salt oil reserves and that she was also the candidate who "went far beyond Aécio Neves, in terms of liberal-orthodox overtures to the market, by defending an autonomous and independent Central Bank"; check out the analysis.
2. Pre-salt – It was Marina's program that dedicated one or two lines to the exploration of this energy source. And it was the newspaper O Globo, before Dilma's campaign, that pointed out the lack of emphasis. The PT campaign capitalized on this.
3. Independent Central Bank – Marina went far beyond Aécio Neves in terms of her liberal-orthodox approach to the market, defending an autonomous and independent Central Bank. She didn't need to commit to this point. If elected, and if she truly believed in this path, she could have adopted it. She made it easy, and got what she deserved.
4. Support from Neca Setúbal and bankers - This is an attack that resembles a noose in the house of a hanged woman. In one of her strongest responses to the attacks, Marina recalled the extraordinary profits that banks made during the PT governments, although during the PSDB era they were also generously bailed out with Proer, which injected more than R$ 30 billion into the restructuring of the banking sector. This is the least coherent attack, let's say, of the Dilma campaign. But it seems to have had an effect.
Read the full text at Tereza Cruvinel's blog