Politics‘Very bad result for Lula’: Bolsonaro far more effective at reaching Brazil’s growing middle class

Felipe Krause, head of Oxford University’s Brazilian Studies Programme, says Brazil’s election reflects an increasingly polarised political landscape. The first round showed significant consolidation of the Brazilian right in government, while the expanding middle class is becoming more drawn to entrepreneurialism and individualism—groups that Bolsonarismo has been especially effective at reaching. Krause describes the mood as “tired polarisation,” with voters exhausted by a political class offering more of the same.

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