The Brazilian parties had until last night to define their candidates for the presidential, regional and legislative elections that will take place on October 2. In total, there are 25 political formations that opted for a candidate for the Planalto Palace and the majority opted for former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
10 of the 25 parties supported the candidacy of the PT leader, that is, almost all the progressive and left-wing formations of the neighboring country. Thanks to these supports, Lula da Silva It will also have the longest advertising time in the audiovisual media, with a total of 3 minutes and 20 seconds in each advertising block..
In Brazil, electoral broadcasting consists of two daily blocks of propaganda of 12 minutes and media that are broadcast on radio and television. The time that each candidate obtains is calculated from the proportion of the representatives in Congress that have the parties that support that politician. Hence Lula da Silva got the most minutes. This scenario strengthened the favoritism of the Ex leader facing the elections.
Bolsonaro’s alliances
For its part, President Jair Bolsonaro only obtained the support of three political parties. Initially, the far-right leader was negotiating a coalition with five parties. This would have guaranteed a similar propaganda time to that of Lula da Silvabut at the last minute the Christian Social Party and the Brazilian Labor Party withdrew their support.
Nevertheless, as the formations that do support it have many representatives in Congress, it was left with the second largest participation in propaganda spaceswith 2 minutes and 40 seconds in each block.
A little less than two months before the elections, Jair Bolsonaro has almost 30% of the voting intentions, according to the latest polls, while Lula would hold 47%, something that leaves him only three points away from victory. in the first round. None of the other 9 presidential candidates exceeds 10% of the intention to vote.