Eleições se vencem em campanhas? Uma análise da organização político-partidária do Rio de Janeiro através das disputas eleitorais, da propaganda política e da trajetória do PSD-RJ (1945-1958)

Abstract

The present thesis analyzed the political dynamics in the State of Rio de Janeiro between 1945 and 1958. The year 1945 marked the beginning of a new period in Brazilian politics, with the end of Estado Novo and the political-partisan reorganization of the country, which had national political parties. Among these parties were the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB) and the National Democratic Union (UDN). In the State of Rio de Janeiro, former Interim Ernani do Amaral Peixoto (1937-1945) organized and commanded the PSD-RJ state directory, consolidating it as the main political party in Rio. To analyze the political dynamics of the state in the 1940s and 1950s, we used as instruments the formation of the PSD-RJ and the electoral periods of the State of Rio de Janeiro -1946-47, 1950, 1954 and 1958. Through the analysis of these moments, we can identify the alliances, the motivations and the ways in which they were established. In addition, it is possible to see to what extent the discourses produced by the parties in their propaganda materials and through the press were assimilated by the voters, being able to form a party identification. While 1945 was marked by the new party organization in the country and, consequently, in Rio de Janeiro, 1958 was marked by the breaking of the pessedista dominion in the state, with the election of the PTB candidate to the state government, Roberto da Silveira.