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Re:Lula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil’s president by phatfish on Sunday October 30, 2022 @07:56PM (#33400364)
Votes are counted, not the supposed size of stage-managed "rallies".
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Re:Lula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil’s president by m348e912 on Sunday October 30, 2022 @08:02PM (#33400416)
If there is one thing the US election of 2020 showed us is that there is zero relationship between crowd/rally attendance and voter turnout for the candidate.

One explanation is that voters may be enthusiastically voting "against" a particular candidate, in which case they would likely not be attending any rally or showing support in any meaningful way.

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Re:Lula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil’s president by GameOfFrowns on Monday October 31, 2022 @05:35AM (#33403612)
>If there is one thing the US election of 2020 showed us is that there is zero relationship between crowd/rally attendance and voter turnout for the candidate.

I'm not sure if this is the strongest argument in favor of your hypothesis. In most instances it would rather be an indicator of election fraud.

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Re:Lula defeats Bolsonaro to again become Brazil’s president by m348e912 on Monday October 31, 2022 @10:28PM (#33416214)
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