
Survey analyzes the digital repercussion of the presidential debate on TV Globo and points out variations in the popularity of the candidates.
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Presidential candidates compete for digital reach and the repercussion of television debates on social media.
In the digital clash, Lula (PT) came out ahead in positive mentions on
According to the survey, among the opinions that evaluate performance, 57% say on WhatsApp that Flávio was better in the confrontation, and 39%, Lula. In X, 58% cite Lula as the winner of the debate, and 38%, Flávio.
According to Palver, despite the PL candidate taking the lead on WhatsApp at the beginning of the debate, the senator lost his advantage throughout the night. Positive mentions of Flávio on WhatsApp fell from 37% in the first block to 26% in the rest of the debate. In the final considerations, Lula's rate of positive mentions reached 39%, against 27% for Flávio.
In X, Lula had positive mentions, and Flávio, negative, from beginning to end. On Elon Musk's social network, Lula has 61% of positive mentions and Flávio, 83% of negative ones.
According to Palver, Flávio's positive point in the networks comes from his trained posture; the negative, the lie. Training with Tarcísio is in 39% of positive mentions about Flávio on X. Lying and checking are in 26% of negative mentions about him on X and 24% on WhatsApp.
The governor of São Paulo, re-elected in the first round, is seen by Flávio's allies as a more serene and technical politician. The idea of the training was to bring more content to the presidential candidate's interactions in the debate.
On the networks, age and confusion are the first reasons for criticism of Lula, with 34% on WhatsApp and 35% on X. Age and senility are at 6%. In the fourth block, on WhatsApp, corruption accounts for 18% of criticisms of the president, and security, with talk about ending the police, accounts for 17%.
At halftime, Flavio's fans mocked Lula's mistake of wanting to do away with the police (instead of the militia). "I think it's very clear which side he's on. We want to strengthen the police, while he wants to end the police", says the elected governor of Rio, Douglas Ruas (PL).
In the fourth block, secrecy and corruption are the first reasons for criticizing Flávio, with 22% on X and 19% on WhatsApp. Vorcaro, with the whiskey and the film, is in 18% of the bloc's opinions on X.
The numbers come in the wake of the elections in which both candidate campaigns seek greater reach in the digital field.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) surpassed Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) in digital popularity after the first round of elections, despite the senator's advantage at the polls. The data comes from the IPD (Digital Popularity Index), developed by the research and consultancy company Quaest, and was obtained exclusively by Folha.
The result measured shows a turnaround for the candidate for re-election against his rival – until then, the eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) was leading on social media.
Calculated by an algorithm that collects and processes 175 variables from the platforms Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, YouTube, Google and Wikipedia, the index provides results ranging from 0 to 100 points.
President Lula (PT) maintains the lead in digital popularity on the eve of the last debate of the presidential election, but the distance to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) in this field has decreased.
The difference between the two presidential candidates is now 4.1 points in the IPD (Digital Popularity Index) of the research and consultancy company Quaest. On Monday (19), after the Band debate, the distance was 6.7 points.
Calculated by an algorithm that collects and processes 175 variables from the platforms Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, YouTube, Google and Wikipedia, the index provides results ranging from 0 to 100 points.

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