The polls in recent days were not encouraging for Jair Bolsonaro. Various opinion polls pointed to a victory for Lula da Silva in the first round and a result of around 36% for his candidacy. But the current president surprised — and obtained more than 50 million votes (43%), now preparing to dispute a second round. Still, the task will not be easy; not only will he have to fight against a disadvantage of more than six million votes, but he will have to defy history, as no candidate who finished second managed to turn the result around.
“The campaign did not reach the most important strata of society,” Jair Bolsonaro acknowledged at a press conference, moments after the election results were known, and stressed that “forward” there is a “second period” that will allow him to reverse the trend. . However, the Brazilian president admitted that he had done a self-analysis, showing that he understood the reasons for this result, including the loss of votes in the largest electoral colleges and the fact that the life of citizens “is a little worse.” ”. .
Having obtained 43.25% of the vote (five percentage points less than Lula da Silva), Jair Bolsonaro assures that he will show voters that “Brazil fared better in economic terms” and that the “desire for change” —which even the President “understands”— can lead to a “bad path”, similar to what happened in countries like Argentina, Chile or even Venezuela.
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Source: Observadora
