'Most hated' leaders split Brazils election vote

Published: Oct. 4, 2022, 8:10 a.m.

b"In an election that's divided Brazil, Sunday\\u2019s vote ended up even more split than polls predicted.\\n\\n\\nMany pollsters had signalled that incumbent Jair Bolsonaro would lose the election on the first ballot, but the far-right populist far outperformed their predictions. Meanwhile, his leftist nemesis, former president Luiz In\\xe1cio Lula da Silva, failed to reach the 50 per cent of votes needed for victory \\u2014 triggering a head-to-head run-off vote on Oct. 30.\\n\\nToday, Brazilian Report editor-in-chief Gustavo Ribeiro joins us to explain why these candidates are both the \\u201cmost loved and most hated\\u201d politicians in Brazil and why Brazilians remain divided between these opposite ends of the political spectrum."