According to a survey carried out in August 2022, less than two months before the Brazilian presidential elections, former president Luiz Iznácio Lula da Silva was particularly popular among women, with 46 percent of female respondents claiming that they would vote for him in the first round of the elections. Furthermore, the share of males surveyed that said that they would vote for Lula was only six percentage points higher that those who intended to vote for Jair Bolsonaro. As for voting intention by region, nearly half of respondents in the South region would vote for the incumbent president and candidate of the Liberal Party (PL), making this the region where Jair Bolsonaro gathered his largest share of potential voters.
Leading candidates in voting intention for the first round of the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil as of August 2022, by gender
Characteristic
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
Jair Bolsonaro (PL)
Other
Blank or voided ballots / No vote / Do not know
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Genial Investimentos. (August 17, 2022). Leading candidates in voting intention for the first round of the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil as of August 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308389/voting-intention-presidential-elections-brazil-gender/
Genial Investimentos. "Leading candidates in voting intention for the first round of the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil as of August 2022, by gender." Chart. August 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308389/voting-intention-presidential-elections-brazil-gender/
Genial Investimentos. (2022). Leading candidates in voting intention for the first round of the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil as of August 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308389/voting-intention-presidential-elections-brazil-gender/
Genial Investimentos. "Leading Candidates in Voting Intention for The First Round of The 2022 Presidential Elections in Brazil as of August 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308389/voting-intention-presidential-elections-brazil-gender/
Genial Investimentos, Leading candidates in voting intention for the first round of the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil as of August 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308389/voting-intention-presidential-elections-brazil-gender/ (last visited September 15, 2024)
Leading candidates in voting intention for the first round of the 2022 presidential elections in Brazil as of August 2022, by gender [Graph], Genial Investimentos, August 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308389/voting-intention-presidential-elections-brazil-gender/
