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Miguel Santos Carrapatoso, a commentator for CNN Portugal, analyses the endorsements announced for António José Seguro in the second round of the elections.
The campaign sketches three figures — André Ventura speaks directly to the electorate, Luís Montenegro manages the silence and António José Seguro inherits votes from the right.
Pacheco de Amorim warns the forthcoming second-round vote may be highly polarised between left and right, likening the situation to the 1986 contest and suggesting a historical repeat.
Miguel Sousa Tavares analyses the campaign, saying that Seguro and Ventura took fewer risks. Cotrim was running a 'remarkable campaign' but repeatedly shot himself in the foot; Mendes is affected by doubts about his work as a consultant; and the Admiral was the one who put forward 'a clear idea'.
An analysis by two professors from IPAM examined 2,104 posts on the social networks Facebook, Instagram and TikTok by eight candidates: André Ventura, António Filipe, António José Seguro, Catarina Martins, João Cotrim de Figueiredo, Henrique Gouveia e Melo, Jorge Pinto and Luís Marques Mendes.
CNN Portugal commentator's analysis of the candidates' performances in the election campaign.
CNN Portugal commentator Rui Calafate analyses the evolution of the presidential campaign, highlighting the 'excellent' performance of Seguro, Cotrim de Figueiredo and André Ventura. Marques Mendes is, according to the CNN Portugal commentator, the candidate with the least effective campaign.
CNN Portugal commentator Rui Calafate assesses the performance of the candidates for the Presidency after the fourth day of campaigning. He also examines CNN Portugal's tracking poll.
