The social democrats will have a larger delegation in Congress (including Neves himself in the Senate) and will govern some of Brazil’s larger states, including São Paulo, home to 43 million people and one-third of the country’s GDP. But to reach the Planalto Presidential Palace after the 2018 election, the PSDB will have to convince poor Brazilians – those living in Bacha’s India – that it works on their behalf, and that the policies it advocates benefit them the most.
尼维斯和他的社会民主党通过这次选举而壮大了不少，但他们也将在未来几年中面临艰巨挑战。社会民主党在国会中的占比增加了（包括在参议院的尼维斯本人）并将在不少巴西大州执政，包括拥有4,300万人口、占巴西GDP三分之一的圣保罗州。但要想在2018年问鼎总统宝座，社会民主党必须让巴西穷人——即巴查的印度部分——相信社会民主党是代表他们的政党，其所支持的政策将让他们获益最多。