Given all this, it might seem that Uruguay’s carefully constructed social-democratic alternative could unravel. But the party system and the FA’s internal balance of power do not favor any turn abrupt toward radical left or populism. Indeed, because populist tactics are likely to prove self-defeating in the presidential campaign, Mujica started supporting Vázquez’s administration’s record and made Astori his candidate to be Vice President, entitled to take the lead on economic policy and participate in the executive.  To stress their social democratic credentials both candidates, Mujica and Astori, have gone on pilgrimages to the United States, Brazil, and Chile.
综上所述，乌拉圭悉心缔造的另类社会民主政体似乎有解体之虞。但该国的政党体系和FA的内部权力平衡并不支持突然的激进左倾或民粹主义。的确，因为民粹主义策略很可能在总统大选中被证明是自杀性的，所以Mujica也开始支持巴斯克斯政府的记录并使Astori成为他的副总统候选人，主持经济政策并参与最高决策。为了强调他们的社会民主履历，作为候选人的Mujica 和 Astori 都进行了对美国、巴西和智利的朝圣之旅。