For many voters in Brazil, the election is as much about who they want to keep out as who they want in.
For many voters, this election is as much about who they want to keep out as who they want in
Many Lula supporters are equally passionate, seeing their candidate as a saviour who they hope will put an end to the Bolsonaro presidency.With opinions in the two camps thus entrenched and unlikely to shift, it will arguably be the less polarised voters who could sway the outcome on election day. While Mr Pimentel has voted for Lula since 1989 - the first election following Brazil's return to democracy after military rule - it bothers him that the two-times former president is seen as a "messianic leader".
He thinks that with homelessness on the rise again, the 76-year-old is the only candidate willing to confront the problem. in São Paulo, says she is disappointed that there is not a more diverse choice on offer in this election."I'm super-frustrated about this," she says. "We don't have someone younger than Lula, or black, or a woman, this is a structural problem."
Businessman Carlos Cintra, 55, who has been working in financial markets for decades, is more concerned about the economy and worries that if Lula is elected, the achievements that he attributes to the Bolsonaro government will be squandered. - could mean that Brazil loses its standing abroad. "I feel ashamed that he should even be running as a candidate," João says.
João says that his two older daughters are backing President Bolsonaro, while the youngest, who studies at a left-wing university, listens to his argument but remains quiet.
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