Goodbye, Outsiders: Brazil Election Field Set to Shrink Further
- Three more candidates seen leaving the presidential race
- Centrists benefiting from consolidation fail to excite voters
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Brazil’s presidential election race is quickly thinning and will ironically leave only seasoned politicians able to win a race marked by deep-seated, anti-establishment sentiment.
Last week two hopefuls dropped out -- a plastic surgeon and a former Supreme Court justice who had 10 percent support in polls without even campaigning. In February a TV celebrity dropped out and last month former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was jailed, effectively removing the front-runner from the race. More departures are expected, particularly among centrist parties, according to half a dozen senior lawmakers and government officials.