The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has turned all forecasts around in the vote for the presidency of his country.
No poll had predicted that the far-right would exceed 43% of the votes in one of the most disputed elections in the country's history.
In the second round of these elections, Lula da Silva and his adversary will compete for the trust of the voters who did not go to the polls and the support of the voters of the other two most voted candidates, Simone Tebet and Ciro Gomes, who together add 7% of the electorate.
In the video that accompanies this news item, Rodrigo Rodrigues-Silveira, professor of Political Science at the University of Salamanca and Public Agenda analyst, analyzes who Bolsonaro's hidden voters are and what their challenges are for the second round of the elections. Brazilian, which will take place on the 30th.
For the analyst, if Bolsonaro wants to win, "he will have to fight for the vote of women and the poorest, but without changing the religious and nationalist discourse of his government."
On the other hand, "Lula will have to move more to the center and try to convince the most religious that her project is not radical and defends family values," adds Rodrigues-Silveira.
According to him, if he wants to maintain his good results, Bolsonaro should not alter his aggressive posture and his threats to the democratic system.
"The smaller the real difference between Lula's votes and Bolsonaro's votes, the greater the risk that the second will question the election results and not recognize them as such," according to the analyst and professor.