Nah, PDP (the woman's party) is mildly right-wing, while Dodik's (Alliance of Independent Social Democrats) is somewhat left-wing, socially conservative, and more nationalistic. PDP is more in line with EU, while Dodik's party is more in line with Russia:
All this is all the more reason for the media to back her.
A woman from a progressive party claims election fraud? Queue a million media articles how she is right.
All this is all the more reason for the media to back her.