Back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil presidential run-off goes down to the wire

got it wrong, didn't predict that Flavio Bolsonaro would be in the lead after the first round, nor that Congress would shift so far to the right with lots of first-round wins for conservatives and arch-conservatives.

What we have seen and reported on is how former Workers' Party strongholds had flipped away from Lula.

France 24's team went to the northern working-class neighborhoods of Rio, a report read by Jan Onosko.

Their political allegiance is displayed on the door of their pizzeria.

Sheila and Anderson are both 36 and are from Brazil's northeast.

They've always voted for the left, but this time they've chosen Flavio Bolsonaro.

Corruption is everywhere.

We're not choosing the best option for Brazil, we're choosing the least bad.

Flavio promises to get our country's economy back on track, to cut government spending, which is far too high, and that would be very good for Brazil.

And he's promised he'll only serve one four-year term and won't stand for re-election.

I think that's a good thing.

Lula is old, his past is best.

We younger people are thinking about what's best for our future.

The end of the six-day working week, a promise made by Lula and voted through in the run-up to the second round, has reinforced Anderson's decision.

He employs two people and already feels overwhelmed by the running

costs.

I'm

going to have to hire more staff, so costs will go up.

And I'll have to pass that on to you, the customers.

What I want is better security, better public health care and better education.

I want the basics.

so you don't think that Lula did that.

Just look around you, see how Brazil works.

I don't even need to answer that.

In the first round of the presidential election, the far-right candidate won these working-class neighbourhoods in the north and west zones of Rio.