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Re:Live vote counting for Brazilian presidential election by alchemist1e9 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @04:59PM (#33398605)
Isn’t it curious how urban is right leaning and rural is left. There are obvious reasons but still interesting.
Re:Live vote counting for Brazilian presidential election by red_trumpet on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:14PM (#33398779)
What would those reasons be?

Rural areas are poorer, so they vote for the one who has a record of ending hunger would make sense. Why do urban areas lean to Bolsonaro?

Re:Live vote counting for Brazilian presidential election by endtime on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:26PM (#33398903)
I don't know a lot about Brazil, so someone may correct me, but I'm under the impression that crime in Brazilian cities can be quite bad.
Re:Live vote counting for Brazilian presidential election by namenotrequired on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:45PM (#33399087)
This is a big reason. Another is a feeling, common in better developed regions, that their tax money is being used to sustain regions that "don't pull their weight"

Source: lived in Brazil for 5 years

Re:Live vote counting for Brazilian presidential election by felix318 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:51PM (#33399161)
It’s not that clear-cut, in the richest states in the South the pattern is similar to what you see in the US, urban left, rural right.

Also, this election is not typical. Left or centre-left has won 6 ou of the 7 past presidential elections since the end of military rule. Brazil, like most Latin American countries, is predominantly left-leaning. Bolsonaro has been an anomaly and most likely will not be reelected.

Re:Live vote counting for Brazilian presidential election by marcosdumay on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:08PM (#33399356)
I don't think any is obvious.

But there are different views about urban violence (what is a huge talking point of Bolsonaro), different ways people get their news, urban community breakdown, different religious trends, and a lot more.

Re:Live vote counting for Brazilian presidential election by Waterluvian on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:10PM (#33398741)
It’s interesting, possibly for the reason you’re picking up on: that’s broadly the opposite in Canada and the U.S.
Re:Live vote counting for Brazilian presidential election by permo-w on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:54PM (#33399209)
the UK too
Re:Live vote counting for Brazilian presidential election by H8crilA on Sunday October 30, 2022 @05:19PM (#33398827)
It's only curious if all you need to define political ambitions is two directions: left and right. It's 2022, your device supports more than black and white, and so should the thinking.