Genial/Quaest: 44% are afraid of Bolsonaro's return and 41% fear Lula's re-election

In an interview after participating in a meeting with businesspeople from Bahia, the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil), stated this Thursday (3) that the ineligibility of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) does not compromise the 2026 electoral scenario. He reinforced that Bolsonaro remains an influential figure in national politics and a name to be considered for the electoral dispute, even though he is ineligible. “Whoever goe…

Poll released this Thursday (3) also shows the electoral scenario for 2026

Former and current presidents appear tied within the margin of error in a possible runoff contest in 2026. Read it in Gazeta do Povo.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) are technically tied for a possible runoff in the 2026 election, according to the Genial/Quaest poll released this Thursday (3). Lula has 44% of the voting intentions. Bolsonaro - who is ineligible until 2030 after convictions by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) - has 40%. They are tied at the limit of the margin of error, of two percentage points, up or down. 2,…

There is also a group that understands itself as the left, but that does not support the PT or the current president and another that considers itself to be right-wing, but that does not align itself with the former captain