Brazilian politics has always faced serious corruption scandals. Recent years, the country's economy has fallen into a suffocating recession. A president was impeached, a president was imprisoned, and there were frequent violent incidents. The number of homicides per year was as high as 60,000 in the past two years.

The unemployment rate in Brazil is now over 10 percent, and the extremely fragile economic situation has made the Brazilian economy vulnerable. Polls show that Brazilian voters are eager to have an experienced and highly competitive president to change the status quo.

Former Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro is currently the highest polling candidate. He's been dubbed the "Brazilian Trump". And like the US president, Bolsonaro's candidacy wasn't taken seriously by anyone at first. He won support despite a controversial view on democracy and minorities. And when the votes were counted, Bolsonaro came close to winning the presidential election in the first round.

Because of the poor political environment and the desire for revolution, Brazilian voters began to lean right. The far-right Bolsonaro is the best choice under this situation. 

Having served in Congress for nearly 30 years, Bolsonaro emphasized the need to rebuild Brazil. He stated that he will focus on fighting crime and corruption. After the withdrawal of former president Lula from the election campaign, Bolsonaro's support rate always ranked first. He is the only one of the presidential electors who has not been accused of corruption.

However, Bolsonaro is very extreme in politics. He advocated strengthening police power and establishing a military academy. He is also known for his radical comments on women, gays and blacks.

Bernardo Santoro, the president and director of Institution Liberal, explained Bolsonaro's winning formula -- Bolsonaro is trying to answer Brazilian people's feeling of revolt. Currently, Brazilian people are very unsatisfied with the current politics and the corruption.

"There have been a lot of corruption in Brazilian government in the last 16 years since the Workers' Party rose to power and started to ransack the public enterprises," said Santoro. He added that people are dissatisfied with corruption. The Workers' Party currently realized this situation and is endeavoring to improve education, public health, and security, trying to impose some leftist agenda inside schools.

Economist and philosopher Joel Fonseca pointed out that Bolsonaro's victory is a big win for his Social Liberal Party. "Many important groups of congressmen have already declared that they will align to his [Bolsonaro's] government," said Fonseca. In Fonseca's view, Bolsonaro should put forward more agendas and proposals for economic reforms, given the government's huge fiscal burden. 

Fonseca also suggested that Bolsonaro should establish closer ties with farmers, conservative forces, evangelical religious people and those in weapon business.

Paulo Sotero, the director of the Brazil Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar, believed it is inappropriate to compare Bolsonaro to "Brazilian Trump". "Donald Trump came through a political process, he won the nomination of the Republican Party and obviously, Trump governs a much stronger and richer country," Sotero said, adding that "Brazil is on the verge of a serious fiscal meltdown."

There are also some oppositions to Bolsonaro, especially among women and other interest groups. Santoro claimed that Bolsonaro is capable of governing these groups if he becomes the president. Fonseca said that Bolsonaro has been quiet on his economic policies, and if elected, he is highly likely to follow his predecessor in the economy. Sotero said that arming more guns for a police officer is not a solution to violence in Brazil.