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

https://mins.news/en/video/86463

- France 24 English, 2026-10-05 12:54 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxNYOKIsQEs

> 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 voters expressed “tired polarization” and frustration that the political class was offering more of the same.

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