Multiparty system:
- created by the constant back and forth of Brazilian political party systems by each leader or governmental group, which generated an enormous amount of parties, most of them with confusing and nonsensical ideas
- 32 registered parties, with more than 15 million people affiliated
- there are still more than 40 others parties awaiting to get legal
Top parties:
*5 official parties dominate the national political landscape*
** Smaller parties often make alliances with one of these dominant parties**
1. Worker's Party (PT)
- center-left orientation
- most expressive parties
- promote social democracy
- supporter of Cuban policies and opponent of the United States’ embargo on the island
2. Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSBD)
- classified as center-left orientation, but many left-wing critics disagree and classify it as center-right
- represents the middle class strongly
- stresses support for land reform, social justice, and protection of the environment
3. Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB)
- center-right orientation
- big tent party with no clear ideology
4. Democrats (DEM)
- center-right orientation
- favors liberalism
- created in 2007
- affiliates itself to the international federations of Christian democratic and conservative parties
5. Progressive Party (PP)
- religious right-wing orientation
- embraces conservatism
- created by the constant back and forth of Brazilian political party systems by each leader or governmental group, which generated an enormous amount of parties, most of them with confusing and nonsensical ideas
- 32 registered parties, with more than 15 million people affiliated
- there are still more than 40 others parties awaiting to get legal
Top parties:
*5 official parties dominate the national political landscape*
** Smaller parties often make alliances with one of these dominant parties**
1. Worker's Party (PT)
- center-left orientation
- most expressive parties
- promote social democracy
- supporter of Cuban policies and opponent of the United States’ embargo on the island
2. Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSBD)
- classified as center-left orientation, but many left-wing critics disagree and classify it as center-right
- represents the middle class strongly
- stresses support for land reform, social justice, and protection of the environment
3. Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB)
- center-right orientation
- big tent party with no clear ideology
4. Democrats (DEM)
- center-right orientation
- favors liberalism
- created in 2007
- affiliates itself to the international federations of Christian democratic and conservative parties
5. Progressive Party (PP)
- religious right-wing orientation
- embraces conservatism