Brazil Presidential and Congressional Elections 2018

[Former President tack50]

Wow, watching the presidential ads really shows how unequal the time is. While some candidates get barely a few seconds, Alckmin and Haddad get a ton of time (and I assume Haddad would get even more if his coalition was broader, he seems to have lost several allies compared to 2014).

As for the Congressional ones, they are quite small, particularly for small parties! Some barely have enough time to say their name!

Finally, what's with the 2 digit codes for presidential candidates and 4 digit codes for house candidates? What are they used for?

[Former President tack50]

Why has Bolsonaro increased of reciently? Also, it seems he is the favourite to win the runoff now? RIP democratic Brazil

[Former President tack50]

Wait.  Why did PT nominate 2 candidates for Senate in  Minas Gerais?

2 senators will be elected in all states this year, so they decided to have 2 candidates in the state.

Do people have 2 votes as well or just 1?

[Former President tack50]

Why are so many women voting for him?

PT is involved in what might be the biggest corruption scandal in South America or even the world when you look at the amount of money they robbed. This definitely doesn't help them.

Also, a lot of women simply don't care about what he said in the past, many care more about the problem of security for example and Bolsonaro has always talked about this issue.

Well, if corruption was the true problem, why didn't PT fall drastically and another leftist (say, Ciro Gomes) become the main left wing candidate?

Similarly, why didn't another more moderate right wing candidate (say, Alcmin or Amoedo) rise instead of the far right Bolsonaro?

Also, why was Lula leading in the pre election polls? Would Lula have won? Because he actually was found guilty of corruption.

An Alckmin-Gomes or Amoedo-Gomes runoff would have probably been a lot better I guess.

[Former President tack50]

It's now possible to travel all the way down from the Brazil-Uruguay border to the westernmost city in Brazil (in Acre) without crossing any city that voted Haddad yesterday.

By the way, Acre was the state where Bolsonaro won by the largest margin yesterday. Acre was governed by the PT for 20 years, so that's quite a backlash.

The second largest margin of victory for Bolsonaro happened in Santa Catarina (which Bolsonaro carried with nearly 76% of the vote), the state that now duly deserves the title of Brazil's most conservative state (an award that belonged to its neighbor Paraná until 2016). In Joinville/SC, the largest city of Santa Catarina and one of the largest and wealthiest cities in Southern Brazil, Bolsonaro got over 83% of the vote. Of course, in large, wealthy cities from Southern/Southeastern/Western Brazil, Bolsonaro constantly crossed the 70% mark - some of the highlights are Joinville/SC, Caxias do Sul/RS, Criciúma/SC, Blumenau/SC, Jundiaí/SP, São José dos Campos/SP, Ribeirão Preto/SP, Campo Grande/MS, Goiânia/GO, Londrina/PR, Piracicaba/SP, Limeira/SP, Ponta Grossa/PR, all very important cities where Bolsonaro crushed Haddad like an insect. Bolsonaro also had over 75% of the vote in Curitiba/PR, not only a very important city, but also the city where Lula is arrested. Ouch.

I heard Haddad actually won slightly more municipalities, is that true?