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A right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate, whom some have dubbed "the trump of the tropics," holds a considerable lead in the upcoming vote, according to a poll released Monday.
Reuters reported that an Ibope poll published in a Brazilian newspaper showed that the far-right presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, had 18 points ahead of the former mayor of São Paulo , Fernando Haddad, between 59% and 41%. The two candidates will face each other in a second round later this month to determine the next president of the country.
The survey revealed that 47% of respondents said that they would never vote for Haddad, while 35% said the same thing about Bolsonaro.
Reuters noted that Bolsonaro had a limited campaign capacity after being stabbed at a rally last month.
The Ibope survey was conducted from 13 to 14 October. She interviewed 2,506 people across Brazil and had a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
While leftist candidates have won the presidency of Brazil in every election since 2002, Bolsonaro has imposed itself as a right-wing alternative that has vowed to eliminate corruption and reverse the course of the country .
He would have advocated the restoration of "traditional" Brazilian values, a term that some Brazilians have interpreted as supporting the return to the practices of a dictatorship. He also made many derisory comments about women and black and gay people, according to media reports.
Bolsonaro almost got enough votes for a total victory in the main poll last month, but it took a second round against Haddad, who is in second place.
The New York Times reported that Bolsonaro's candidacy had alarmed critics and left-wing politicians who feared that if he won, he would become an authoritarian leader similar to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Turkey) and Rodrigo Duterte (Philippines).
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