Assessing the Impact of the Pandemic Crisis in Candidate Campaign Modes: A Comparison of the Portuguese 2016 and 2021 Presidential Elections

• In Event: Political Communication Strategies and Choices

Brief Overview

This paper investigates the extent to which the pandemic crisis fosters significant shifts in candidates’ communication strategies during election campaigns, comparing the campaigns preceding the 2016 and 2021 Portuguese Presidential elections.

Authors

• Hugo Ferrinho Lopes, University of Lisbon

• José Santana Pereira, ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

• Susana Rogeiro Nina