“…These are now established and institutionalized factions of the FA that have their own organization and, under the FA label, present lists of candidates for national, departmental (regional), and local elections. The peculiar Uruguayan electoral system based on the double simultaneous vote (DSV) enables each faction in the coalition to nominate candidates for the House and the Senate; factions compete among themselves and at the same time they generate votes for the party as a whole (Buquet, Chasquetti, & Moraes, 1998; González, 1991; Luján & Moraes, 2017; Piñeiro, 2004, 2007; Piñeiro & Yaffé, 2004). The movement was formed by grassroots citizens, who formed the FA’s grassroots organization, the Base Committees.…”