A ascensão e o declínio relativo do partido dos trabalhadores: uma análise da trajetória política-eleitoral do PT em Dourados (1982 - 2020)

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the political-electoral trajectory of the Workers' Party in Dourados and its main objective is to analyze the electoral dynamics of the PT in order to understand its rise and relative electoral decline (1982 to 2020). To this end, in the first part, we analyzed the formation and organization of the party in Brazil and the electoral dynamics, highlighting the PT's protagonism in the presidential elections and the decline in municipal elections in the period analyzed. In the second part, we discuss the formation and organization of the party in Mato Grosso do Sul, the good results in the disputes for federal and state deputies, the victory of the state government in the 1998 and 2022 elections and the weaknesses of the party in the municipalities. In the third part, we analyze the political-electoral trajectory of the party in Dourados, analyzing the reasons that led to the electoral rise between the years 1982 and 2004, with emphasis on winning the mayor's office, followed by a relative electoral decline from 2008 onwards. , we demonstrate that amidst transformations and contradictions, the PT of Dourados plays a leading role in local politics, given that it is one of the parties that elected the most mayors and the second in number of councilors.