Barack Obama Also Running for Elections in Brazil
- 12 years ago
Barack Obama Also Running for Elections in Brazil - as part of the news series by GeoBeats.
Are you planning on voting for President Barack Obama in the upcoming election? In Brazil there are several Obamas on the ballot. This is because politicians running for office in Brazil are trying to increase their chances of being elected by using pseudonyms instead of their own names on the ballot.
16 or more candidates in municipal elections are using the name Obama in some way, along with several would be politicians who are using the President’s first name. There’s a Wilson Obama, and even a Barata Obama, which in Portuguese, the native language of Brazil, translates to Cockroach Obama.
Gerson Januario de Almeida who is running under the name Obama BH says that "there is so much corruption in politics that people sometimes prefer to vote for a candidate who isn't a real person.”
Other candidates are using such bizarre monikers as Santa Claus, Batman, Robin, and even Bin Laden.
The use of unusual tactics in the voting booth also happens in the United States, where every year, someone casts their write in vote for Mickey Mouse.
Are you planning on voting for President Barack Obama in the upcoming election? In Brazil there are several Obamas on the ballot. This is because politicians running for office in Brazil are trying to increase their chances of being elected by using pseudonyms instead of their own names on the ballot.
16 or more candidates in municipal elections are using the name Obama in some way, along with several would be politicians who are using the President’s first name. There’s a Wilson Obama, and even a Barata Obama, which in Portuguese, the native language of Brazil, translates to Cockroach Obama.
Gerson Januario de Almeida who is running under the name Obama BH says that "there is so much corruption in politics that people sometimes prefer to vote for a candidate who isn't a real person.”
Other candidates are using such bizarre monikers as Santa Claus, Batman, Robin, and even Bin Laden.
The use of unusual tactics in the voting booth also happens in the United States, where every year, someone casts their write in vote for Mickey Mouse.