Alckmin’s performance in SP, MG and RJ is cause for concern

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 23 Aug 2018 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The data presented in Datafolha polling in São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, the three states with the most voters in the country (41.50% of the electorate), are cause for concern for Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB).

Numerically trailing Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) in São Paulo, the PSDB’s strongest state, Alckmin is still registering an insufficiently positive performance in his home state. As if this were not enough, Alckmin is in fourth in Minas Gerais, the second largest electoral college in the country, where the PSDB also has a robust structure. In Rio de Janeiro, the PSDB candidate’s performance is even worse (see table).

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