What's the Tendency of the Presidential Campaign?

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Bolsonaro spent the afternoon and evening of the election in the presidential palace. He has yet to say anything publicly about the results. I think a lot of his supporters are waiting to hear from him to know how to react. This is a guy who has been sowing seeds of doubt about the reliability of the electronic voting system for months now.

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