Brazil, the world's eighth largest economy, has shifted sharply to the right.
- Richard Lapper explains Jair Bolsonaro's presidential election success in five tweets.
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1/5 The centrist and left-wing parties suffered crushing defeats, with voters punishing this erstwhile political establishment for its involvement in the sprawling lava jato or car wash corruption investigation.
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2/5 Bolsonaro's promise to crack down on crime struck a chord among voters, who have witnessed a steady rise in the country's murder rate in recent years.
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3/5 The president-elect's aggressive social conservatism - frequently evident in his sexist, racist and homophobic comments - also chimed with the views of many Brazilian voters, especially the growing number of evangelical Protestants.
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4/5 Polls suggest as many as 27 % of Brazilians are members of evangelical churches which have grown dramatically over the past few decades.
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5/5 The deep recession of 2014-2016 saw unemployment rates double and crystallized popular discontent with the left wing Workers' Party. An immediate priority for the new administration will be to restore fiscal stability. Brazil's fiscal deficit stands at about 7 % of GDP.
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