Women aged 45 to 49 and with completed secondary education are the majority of voters in Marília

Profile of the electorate in Marília: the majority are women aged 45 to 49. Women aged 45 to 49 and with completed secondary education are the majority of voters eligible to vote in the presidential elections in October this year in Marília (SP). Of the city's 172,570 voters, 93,071 are women, which corresponds to 53.93% of the total. Among women, 9.8% of them are between 45 and 49 years old, which is the highest percentage among the age groups. ? Join the g1 Bauru and Marília channel on WhatsApp Women are the majority among voters in Marília Paulo Pinto/Agência Brasil/Arquivo The profile of the electorate can give indications of how voting can be configured in the city, but there are other important components to be considered during the electoral campaign, as pointed out by the professor from the Department of Political and Economic Sciences at Unesp in Marília, Jair Pinheiro. "Women in society today enjoy great accessibility and this means that the candidate who has a good image among this electorate tends to have some advantage. But we cannot forget that an electoral campaign, as the name suggests, is a campaign. So, it has variables that cannot be controlled. Variables that fluctuate at each moment of the campaign", she states. MORE electorate over 60 years old grows by 13% The data may reflect, in a first analysis, the impact that public policies aimed at this portion of the population have on electoral choices, in particular, topics that are on the rise, such as the issue of safety and protection of these women. “This female electorate may, in principle, have a tendency to adopt more progressive stances, due to issues such as, the word is not the most appropriate, but because of an “epidemic” of violence against women that we are experiencing. But we know that there are also currents of opinion that try to mischaracterize the phenomenon or dissolve it into other causes”, adds the professor. Professor Jair Pinheiro analyzes the profile of Marília's electorate Personal file Elderly people on the rise TSE data also shows that the electorate aged 60 and over registered growth between the last election, in 2024, and this year's elections, as well as a reflection of the aging of the Brazilian population in general. In 2024, 43,798 voters aged 60 or over were eligible to vote in Marília. This number rose to 47,529 in 2026, an increase of 8.5%. Compared to the previous presidential elections, in 2022, growth was 3.3%. In these elections, attention is drawn to the age group of 70 to 74 years, precisely the age group in which voting becomes optional. This range was the one that had the biggest growth in the last four years. Compared to the last presidential elections, in 2022, the growth in this range was more than 16%, going from 8,180 voters in 2022 to 9,499 in 2026. Unlike the majority of the electorate, made up of women in their 40s, elderly voters tend to identify with more conservative ideas, although the Unesp professor reinforces that these are trends that, often, may not directly reflect on the results of the elections. "This electorate, even due to their age group, has a different moral formation than that which prevails in society today. We can speculate the following, this electorate may be being mobilized, subjectively speaking, by a discourse in defense of certain premises, certain moral principles. But this is a speculation that can only be confirmed or not by future polls", he points out. Number of elderly people able to vote has increased in recent years Érico Andrade/g1 Drop in young people's participation Another data highlighted in the TSE survey is the reduction of young people in the 16 to 17 year old age group, when voting is also not mandatory. In the comparison between the years 2022 and 2026, both presidential elections, the number fell from 1,459 voters to 826 in Marília. In 2022, there was a spike in the number of voters able to vote in this age group, the highest rate in 10 years (2016 to 2026). Regarding the relationship between young people and political choices, Professor Jair highlights that what differentiates them from the elderly is the idea of ??hope for the future and this perspective that usually drives interest in participating in elections. Reduction in voters eligible to vote and lack of data Number of voters eligible to vote in the 2026 elections decreased compared to 2024 and 2022 Beatriz Santos/ Arte g1 Marília also recorded a drop in the total number of voters eligible to vote compared to the 2024 and also 2022 elections. This year, 172,570 voters are eligible to vote. In 2024, there were 172,843. The drop between the last two elections, one presidential and the previous municipal, was 0.16%. When comparing the presidential elections (2022-2006), the drop was greater. In 2022, there were 181,389 voters eligible to participate in the election. The reduction in 2026 is 4.86%. Still in relation to voter profile data, Professor Jair highlighted the fact that few voters report data defining race/color. The data shows that 86% of the electorate did not provide information about race/color. “It is difficult to know, without a more precise number, how much this debate [on ethnic-racial self-declaration], because this debate is in the media all the time due to complaints and everything else, and to know how much it is impacting the electorate, in more precise numbers”, he concludes. Presidential elections Elections take place in October this year Superior Electoral Court/TSE In this year's presidential elections, more than 150 million Brazilians will go to the polls to choose the representatives who will lead the country and the states over the next four years. First round voting takes place