Brazilians Will Vote in a Highly Polarized Presidential Race on Sunday. Here’s What to Know – WTOP News
Nearly 160 million eligible citizens will head to the polls, election authorities said, to vote on opposing platforms regarding national security and environmental protection.
- On Sunday, nearly 160 million Brazilians will vote in a presidential election dominated by incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro.
- Former President Jair Bolsonaro serves a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup, barring him from running; his son has embraced an ultra-conservative agenda, promising Salvador-style megaprisons while President Luiz, 80, seeks a fourth term.
- The candidates hold conflicting visions regarding the Trump administration. President Luiz has emphasized Brazilian sovereignty, recently deploying a Portuguese version of Bad Bunny's song invoking U.S. colonization of Hawaii as a cautionary tale.
- Voters' concerns about crime and the cost of living could hurt President Luiz at the ballot box; his approval ratings fell as low as 24% during his current term.
- Mandatory electronic voting machines will record Sunday's ballots; if no candidate secures more than 50% of valid votes, the top two contenders advance to a runoff election on October 25.
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Brazilians will vote in a highly polarized presidential race on Sunday. Here's what to know
Millions of Brazilians will vote Sunday in an election dominated by two rivals: incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro who Lula defeated four years ago.
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