Lula and Bolsonaro chase non-voters in the final stretch of Brazil’s campaign

MercoPress · 23/10/2026, 10:02:00

Two days before Brazil’s presidential runoff, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are focusing their final efforts on the same target: the roughly 33 million voters who stayed away in the first round. With polls showing a statistical tie and just 1% or 2% undecided, mobilising those who stayed at home on October 4 could decide the outcome.