PoliticsDo abstaining voters hold the key to Brazil’s 2026 presidential election?

About 33.4 million Brazilian voters stayed away from the first round, producing a 21 percent abstention rate—the highest in a general election since 1998. The article examines whether they could sway the runoff, where incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are polling neck and neck after a first round separated by just 2.2 million votes.

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AAl Jazeera★★★☆☆2026-10-24 13:58Original