Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) manages to expand his audience on social networks thanks to the visibility he gains. Since last December 5, when former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) declared for the first time, from his prison at the Federal Police (PF), that he wanted to present his eldest son as a candidate for president in 2026, the senator has gained 265,158 additional subscribers, according to the counting site Instaestatísitcas.
According to the website Social Blade, Flavio’s official Instagram profile has acquired over 225,000 followers in the last 14 days, for a total of 6,524,534 at the time of writing. The daily average is 10,339 additional subscribers. He follows 2,428 other people, has posted 13,674 posts, the average number of likes is 156,583.75, and the average number of comments is 12,732.13.
Federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL) is campaigning to increase the number of followers of his older brother. On
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A Datafolha survey published on December 7 showed that only 8% of respondents believe Bolsonaro should support his eldest son. On the other hand, 22% would prefer former first lady Michelle. Another 20%, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicanos-SP). Flávio is also numerically behind his brother Eduardo.
During the last trading session of last week (12/05), the news that Bolsonaro had chosen Flávio, published first-hand by the columnist Paulo Cappelli, from Metropolisescaused the dollar to rise and the stock market to fall.
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Interlocutors of the executive power believe that Flávio’s official status favors President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and makes the ground more favorable for his re-election than if the conflict took place with Governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans).
Indeed, the senator, currently behind Lula in all poll scenarios, is an adversary who has more difficulty rallying the Centrão and moderate voters to his candidacy, because he is naturally rejected because he is part of the Bolsonaro clan.
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