The middle class and Bolsonaro’s elections in 2018 and Lula’s in 2022

the new middle class and the former middle class

Abstract

The article aims to analyze Bolsonaro's election in 2018 and Lula's election in 2022, from the new middle class, from the perspective of the center-right and center-left, respectively. The comparative method is used in order to observe similarities and dissimilarities in the two electoral contexts. It is considered that the new middle class is a key class in these two electoral processes, since the upper class and the lower class constitute more homogeneous classes in terms of voting than the middle class. Thus, the middle class can be attributed as an explanatory class for the elections in both contexts, as it explains Bolsonaro's election in 2018, through immaterial values, such as gender and the environment, in the context of the risk society, while in 2022, she changes her vote to material values, where the values ​​of consumer goods are once again part of Brazilian civil society, as well as the issue of poverty.