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I would say that candidates pull votes from both. People are very ashamed of voting to one of the greater evils in the first round - in the second round votes s
by frozenlettuce 4y ago
I would say that candidates pull votes from both. People are very ashamed of voting to one of the greater evils in the first round - in the second round votes should be evenly distributed.
- UncleOxidant 4y agoFrom reading the wikipedia entries on Ciro Gomes and Simone Tebet it seems like they would definitely draw more votes from Lula and that in a runoff those votes would overwhelmingly go to Lula - but I'm not too familiar with Brazilian politics, am I missing something?
- frozenlettuce 4y agoSimone is from a centrist party. She tried forming a "third option", but failed to gain traction. I do think that she has a solid position for 2026. Ciro is from a traditional leftist party, and worked in the Lula government. In the past few weeks he has been resorting to nationalistic and more right-wing talk (pro family values, against identity politics). So the Ciro from the beginning of the election would draw votes from Lula, but not the one in the end. Some trivia: Glenn Greenwald has a close relationship with Ciro.