
Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign intensifies the pressure on governors Romeu Zema and Ronaldo Caiado to withdraw their presidential candidacy and support the Liberal Party senator already in the first round on October 4, while the third way loses ground and similar agreements are recorded in Sao Paulo.
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Brazil's presidential contest is focusing on the duel between Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with the so-called third way losing ground in recent weeks.
Retreats and convergences to unite the right against Lula: the campaign of Flávio Bolsonaro and his allies intensifies the pressure on Romeu Zema and Ronaldo Caiado to give up the presidential race and support the senator of the Liberal Party (PL, right) already in the first round, Sunday 4 October. According to sources cited by Valor Econômico, they are the main objectives of the strategy.
CNN Brasil also reports that Caiado's campaign is monitoring Flávio Bolsonaro's offensive to attract voters of the other right-wing candidates in the first round, while the CEO of Nexus, a Brazilian institute for opinion research and data analysis, Marcelo Tokarski, warned that "abstention could take 2 percentage points away from Lula".
The so-called third way candidates have lost ground in recent weeks, while the competition has focused on Flávio Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Augusto Cury, who initially emerged as an outsider, has ruled out retirement and said he aims to surprise at the polls.
The same strategy of concentrating votes was applied in São Paulo, where Ricardo Salles (of the right-wing Novo party) gave up his candidacy for the Senate to support Guilherme Derrite (of the centre-right Progressistas party) and André do Prado (of the PL), in an agreement in which the governor Tarcísio de Freitas also played a role.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Romeu Zema and Ronaldo Caiado will announce the withdrawal of their presidential candidacy within a few days
Possible · Within days
Abstention could reduce votes for Lula by 2 percentage points according to analysis by Marcelo Tokarski of Nexus
Possible · Within weeks

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