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With Chavez Stricken, Elections Become Crucial | Redux

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With Chavez Stricken, Elections Become Crucial

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Hugo Chavez's cancer has upended politics in Venezuela, transforming Sunday's nationwide elections for governors and mayors into a test of his legacy that could chart the country's future in the uncertain months ahead. For the first time in his nearly 14 years in power, the charismatic, voluble Venezuelan president has been unable to actively participate in such a campaign. The question now hovering over the vote: Will his illness help or hurt the ruling apparatus he has built almost singlehandedly and strengthen his leftist agenda? If Chavez's camp can maintain dominance in the country's 23 governorships, all but eight of which it holds, it can forge ahead with plans to solidify his "socialist revolution" by fortifying grass-roots citizen councils that are directly funded by the central government. Chavez's backers have framed the election as a referendum on his legacy, angling for the sympathy vote.

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Hugo Chavez

Overall Sentiment: -0.134771

Relevance: 0.88128

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David Smilde

Overall Sentiment: -0.0277592

Relevance: 0.2049

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0"It is now about Chavez and his legacy," said Smilde.
0.391991"It is now about Chavez and his legacy," said Smilde. "And there is a lot of sympathy."
-0.14216Smilde said the woman who cleans his Caracas apartment complains about Chavez but, after news suggesting his cancer was incurable, "she was talking to me with her eyes moist about Chavez and how she's going to vote for Elias Jaua, and that kind of surprised me and I tend to think it's not isolated."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 3
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.249831
  • Mean: 0.083277
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Elias Jaua

Overall Sentiment: -0.0589978

Relevance: 0.1955

Nicolas Maduro

Overall Sentiment: 0.0963005

Relevance: 0.169968

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Gladys Espinal

Overall Sentiment: 0.107182

Relevance: 0.143775

Gov. Pablo Perez

Overall Sentiment: -0.219438

Relevance: 0.142201

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Miranda

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.133603

Chavistas

Overall Sentiment: 0.28606

Relevance: 0.130972

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