Brazil's Presidential Election Goes to a Second Round

Guests:


Camila Escalante of Kawsachun News


Craig Jardula of the ConvoCouch


Both of our guests were on the ground in Brazil to observe the
first round presidential elections held Sunday, October 2


Background:


Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote,
electoral authorities said on Sunday, October 2, after President
Jair Bolsonaro's surprising strength in the first round spoiled
rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's hopes of winning outright.


With 99.7% of electronic votes counted, Lula was ahead with 48.4%
of votes versus 43.3% for Bolsonaro, the national electoral
authority reported. As neither got a majority of support, the
race will go to a second-round vote on Oct. 30.


Several opinion surveys had shown Lula, who was president from
2003 to 2010, leading the far-right Bolsonaro by 10-15 percentage
points ahead of the October 2nd vote. The much tighter result
dashed hopes of a quick resolution to a deeply polarized
election.


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