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The pulse is still beating.

Let's fight. The election campaign hasn't even started yet. Winning the streets, the churches, the families, the women's vote. That's the way.

Fernando Haddad and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Photo: Ricardo Stuckert)

As the poet said, 'the pulse is still beating'. It's too early to predict the outcome of the second round. Party alliances are forming. The MDB and PSDB have released their directorates to act freely. They still need to make inroads with conservative female voters, evangelicals, the 20 million abstainers, and undecided voters. The PT had its highest vote count in the history of elections. It won in 14 states, including Minas Gerais, the second largest electoral college in the country. It won in the Northeast and has the second largest bloc in the Chamber of Deputies. It elected governors and may elect more.

The Workers' Party has a chance to increase its lead in São Paulo with Fernando Haddad's candidacy. Lula has always won in the second round. He had a 6 million vote advantage. It's best to stay alert and see what happens in these 20 days of campaigning.

A poll indicates that Lula has 51% of the voting intentions. He would win by a simple majority. With the support of the MDB, PSDB, PDT, and Cidadania parties, he could even increase his lead with the votes of undecided and abstaining voters. Let's fight, the election campaign hasn't even started yet. Let's win the streets, the churches, the families, the women's vote. 

This is the way.

* This is an opinion article, the responsibility of the author, and does not reflect the opinion of Brasil 247.