About 1,500 people live in Tecka. This small Patagonian town is located 1,859 kilometers south of the city. Buenos Aires, by the side of a road. The wind takes everything. Only cars pass and they almost never stop. Tecka gained a temporary reputation at the beginning of some. primaries able to determine the course Argentina: the mayor was defeated by a blank vote (54% and almost 10 points difference. He won the competition because he was the only candidate. The event caught the attention of the capital. Many analysts wonder whether this is just an isolated case or a symptom of a larger problem. a disenchanted countryIt will be announced on Sunday when the polls open. This Concurrent and Mandatory Open Primary (PASO) they are an x-ray of the national mood. A fairly close expectation of the Argentines’ behavior Presidential elections scheduled for October Which peronismThe ruling party is at a disadvantage compared to the right, and the far right is in danger of becoming more than a statistic. Polls give candidates 20% of choices to economist Javier Milei.
HE ghost abstention It flies over PASO and mingles with the so-called “voto rant” (protest), only to prevent the candidate who can arouse the most disgust from winning. Sergio Massa, Minister of Economy and waterless firefighter amid the inflationary fire, tries to convince the historic Peronist voter that the worst is over and the horizon offers only good news. mayor of the capital Horacio Rodriguez Larreta and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich will determine who is the standard-bearer of the traditional conservative space led by the businessman. Mauricio Macri. Sparks flew between them. Meanwhile, Milei tries to fish in a turbulent river and cries out “it’s all gone” in imitation of the great crisis of 2001. Murder of 11-year-old girl He has been cited as responsible for the death of a protester in the poor suburbs of Buenos Aires, as well as for defending the capital’s police. The promise of a firmer hand than the current one was loaded at the end of the campaign as the most effective word.
unknowns
But not even boasts bolsonarism Few candidates, including immediate enforcement of the retaliation law, offer certainty about how voters will behave on August 13, and far fewer will be first-time voters after turning 17. This is 3% of the approximately 34.5 million people who qualify for the primaries. PASO participants arrived TikTok and with the tools and discourses of that social network, they try to persuade the youth as if they were real users.
Disrespect or jokes on the nets, fake sympathy or seriousness are not, at this point, a guarantee of enthusiasm in a country. nearly 40% poverty and the cost of living has increased by more than 100% in the last 12 months. polls, if true, An unstable level of up to 8%.
“This election campaign distinguished by the current flatness“, said pollster Hugo Haime. “What voters don’t find are leaders with a strategic vision of the country to project themselves into.” “Most candidates do not generate empathy neither falling in love nor,” says counselor Analía del Franco. To this completely neutral sector of society is added that which decided to imitate its compatriots in the remote town of Tecka and fill the ballot boxes with white. Those who, under the weight of the present, do not even want to “punish” a candidate and will stay at home. Analysts point out that the greater the abstention, the less opportunities for Peronism.. In 2019 PASO, 74.9% of the electoral roll voted. The possibility of a brutal landing was not excluded by anyone. This assumption is based on what happened in the last primary elections in Santa Fe province, the third most important province in Argentina with 60% turnout.
peronist intersection
Peronism lost four million votes in the 2021 parliamentary election, the beating was so deep that it destroyed its ambitions. Alberto Fernandez to be re-elected. The President is a ghostly figure by now. Since then, the economic situation, The increase in the price of the dollar, the decrease in reserves at the Central Bank and tense negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The threat of collapse is lurking and particularly harms the most affected segments of society, sympathizers of historic Peronism, and those who suffer most from inflation, urban insecurity and lack of housing.
According to the Center for Implementing Public Policy for Equality and Growth (Cippec), one in three households has sensitive conditions or overcrowded. Shockingly dangerous, it lacks drinking water, sewage, and 1.3 million homes. There are currently 5,697 informal neighborhoods, a universe of slums. The vast majority revolted around the capital. An 11-year-old girl died in one of her neighborhoods. Two men dragged her on the ground, but her backpack was taken from her before she could enter the school. “Those streets are nobody’s territory.”said mother. No one dares to predict whether electoral behavior will change under the effects of such collective lethargy.