With the Strength of the People of the Dilma Rousseff cabinet on September 18, 2013, in order to launch the candidacy of the late Eduardo Campos. The Social Christian Party departed from the Rousseff administration on January 2014 in order to launch the candidacy of Pastor Everaldo, who, unlike Dilma, had a strong neoliberal stance, promising to privatize Petrobras. Another Christian party, the PTC, decided to support Aécio Neves' "Brazil Can Do More" coalition, as did the PTN. For the 2014 election, the coalition changed its name to With the Strength of the People () and was formed by the PT, PMDB, PCdoB, PDT, PRB, PR,
Dilma Rousseff the Institute of Social and Political Studies () linked to the only legalized opposition party, the Democratic Movement (MDB). Even though she was not affiliated with the party, Rousseff organized debates at the institute, which received lectures from scholars such as Francisco de Oliveira, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and Francisco Weffort. In 1976, Rousseff and Araújo worked for the campaign of Glênio Peres, a MDB candidate for the city council. Although he was elected, Peres' term was revoked for denouncing the regime's torture in a speech. In November 1977, Rousseff was reported by the newspaper "O Estado de S. Paulo" as