Unfortunately no. Because in local elections people vote individuals they know locally and communally. This is also why parties with no expression in the legislatives anymore like CDU or PCP win sits in these local elections. People vote who they know, not along national party lines when voting locally. Independents never even make a dent in legislative elections and in these a few manage to actually win. And a few have in these again. Which is good.

But I keep saying, if the current coalition government fails, Chega might actually win the legislative elections.

The Presidential elections are at the beginning of next year, and even though Ventura (Chega’s leader) has almost virtual zero chance at getting the presidency, he’s just running the cycle of circus and noise one more round to pump up his maniac followers and attract the few idiots who haven’t joined their circus yet, so that he can set his sights on the prime minister position in the next legislatives. And that is where the worrying starts.