Lula and Bolsonaro are the 2 largest names in Brazilian politics, on the left and proper, and this marketing campaign has polarised Brazil but once more: with themes of sovereignty, crime, the economic system and corruption being high considerations for voters.
Lula is extra common in Brazil’s poorer northeast, amongst low-income voters, Catholics, and ladies.
He’s looking for a fourth time period in workplace, after being elected in 2002, 2006 after which a later non-consecutive time period in 2022. In that election, he beat Jair Bolsonaro by lower than 2% of the vote, the closest presidential election end in Brazil’s historical past.
After that election, Bolsonaro’s supporters vandalised authorities buildings on 8 January 2023.
Jair Bolsonaro was banned from working for re-election even earlier than his jail sentence, however endorsed his eldest son Flávio to run in his place. Jair Bolsonaro’s spouse, Michelle, was elected to the Senate on Sunday.
Flávio Bolsonaro has pledged to grant his father, and his supporters accountable for the January eighth riots, amnesty if elected.
He’s extra common within the south, and amongst wealthier voters and evangelical Christians.
