Head to head until the end between Dilma Rousseff, outgoing president who aims to be confirmed for another 4 years, and the challenger Marina Silva. Today 142 million Brazilians go to vote to elect their president and renew governors, senators and deputies. Predictions on the eve are in favor of the incumbent president who represents the desire for continuity in a moment of economic slowdown in the country, but the socialist Silva embodies the desire for change felt in many areas of the country especially after the corruption scandals (for example, that on the Petrobras state oil company) which took place under the eyes of the current government.
On the other hand, the socialist Silva is liked and intercepts the discontent of some sectors of the business disappointed by the incumbent president, but she is also concerned about her "ecological and religious fundamentalism", according to the image used by her detractors.
The polls on the eve of Rousseff were the favorite and everyone assumes a run-off on October 26th. In this case, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (Psdb, moderate), Aecio Neves, unexpectedly risen in the projections and committed to trying to steal the chance of a second round from Marina, could unexpectedly come back into play.
It is a tense situation that the Brazilian Stock Exchange has interpreted with volatility and the Brazilian index has lost several points in the last few months marked by the electoral campaign. At the time of the vote, if the more affluent seem inclined to trust the conservative pretender, Neves, and the lower classes will most likely still trust Rousseff, it is precisely the intermediate electorate that is least represented. From this segment of the population, as well as from the large number of undecided (about 20% of those entitled to vote), the final sentence could therefore come.
But Dilma's probable victory worries entrepreneurs who fear a new state intervention in the economy and above all the markets, as evidenced by the sharp decline recorded by Bovespa in relation to the rise of the president in the polls on the eve.
