With less than two weeks to go before voters head to the polls on Oct. 4, 2026, Brazil is experiencing a presidential election campaign that is much less heated than many would expect given the high-level of polarization in the country.
The latest polling also suggest few shifts in the political landscape, dominated by incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his main right-wing challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of incarcerated former President Jair Bolsonaro.