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This research is about Getulio Vargas´ presidential
elections campaign, in
1950. Vargas, who had reached presidency twice through
coups and once through
indirect elections, became once again president in 1950,
due to an intelligent and
modern campaign. During a couple of months, his entourage
visited more than 50
cities and the Federal District, establishing a channel
for direct communication
between the candidate and the electors. In a series of
speeches, Vargas presented his
national political project, merged with local affairs,
detaching the participation of each
unit in the growth of the whole federation. The success in
the presidential elections of
1950 was a consequence of a careful work of image
construction, since Vargas´ first
mandate. Some authors argue that political marketing was
not used in Brazil until
1954, but the claim of this work is that Vargas made use
of systematic procedures of
electoral propaganda and communication as early as his
1950´s campaign. Focusedtarget
actions and intelligent use of midia were part of Vargas´
campaign and are also
part of what we today know as political marketing.
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