Brazil presidential election
The election is today.
The “Tropical Trump” populist candidate is favored to win.
However, just wanted to add a caveat here. The populist’s (Bolsonaro) poll numbers have dropped significantly in the last week. And there currently seems to be a massive astroturf going on via twitter to promote voting for his opponent (Haddad). So it’s possible that the populist will lose, although probably it’s doubtful.
Not sure who is behind the astroturf but it’s been trending globally for hours. The hashtag is #ViraVirouHaddad and it’s at like #3 in the world as I type this message.
Someone is trying to make a very large ‘nudge’ at the end of this race to try to carry the underdog over the finish line. Bolsonaro has faced withering propaganda all this week. We’ll see what happens today. I think the result should be known by 9pm Eastern in the USA later tonight.