Where Voting Matters-Brazil

This month in only a few days, the second round of voting for the Brazilian election is going to take place. The current candidates being Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), and Fernando Hadad of the Workers Party (PT). The way that the Brazilian election works is using a two round system. The first round of the election is held on the first Sunday of October (October 7th this election) and if a candidate wins over 50% of the vote in the first round, then they are declared president. However if a cadidate does not win over 50% of the vote, then it will advance to the second round of elections, where only the two most voted candidates are on the ballot.  This election has been incredibly controversial, mainly due to the controversy surrounding Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro has been in the Brazilian congress since the 1990's, and is a known racist, misogynist, homophobe, xenophobe, and has raised a alarmingly high amount of support from the Brazilian people. Despite saying that Brazils former military dictatorship didn't kill enough people, that refugees going to Brazil are the scum of the world, and that you should beat your children for being gay, he somehow managed to raise about 48% of the vote in the first round of voting. He also advocates reducing gun control (despite the country having an incredibly high murder rate), praises torture techniques used by the old dictatorship, and he has been charged with inciting racism although these charges have been dropped. Because of his political stances and also because of many of the things that he has said, people have started calling him "the Donald Trump of Brazil". This is doubled by the fact that he is very pro-American, which would make it seem like he would intend on improving relations with president Trump if he were to get elected. Because many people see him as a threat, a large movement has popped up in brazil known as "Ele Não" or "Not him" has come into the fold to oppose Bolsonaro. Over the last few months there have been many marches in protests against Bolsonaro, with thousands of people taking to the streets to voice their dissatisfaction of him, while also supporting Hadad. Ele Não has also been advocated by many popular media figures such as Imagine Dragons, Pablo Vittar, and Dua Lipa. Brazil is in a time of great social change right now, and is arguably more divided than ever right now. It is just now getting of one the worst recessions in years, and 95% of the population thinks that the country is going in the wrong direction. The country also had an incredibly large political scandal known as "operation car wash" with hundreds of people being arrested for being apart of the scandal. The people are more distrustful of the government than ever, and it's clear that the people want to see a change, which might be why Bolsonaro is doing so well.

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