"The center in Brazil did not hold. The center is almost gone," said AS/COA's Brian Winter to HuffPost.

He isn’t running, but Eugenio Derbez’s popularity shows voters want more options than they currently have.

The Economist's Brazil correspondent on first-round results and what to expect from the runoff

"Tem algo aí que precisa ser consertado", disse vice-presidente de política da AS/COA sobre metodologia das pesquisas eleitorais.

"It's become almost cultish how people are for one candidate or the other," said the Americas Quarterly managing editor.

"There’s a real conservative movement in Brazil, and Jair Bolsonaro is its leader," said AS/COA's Brian Winter to The Washington Post.

"A culturally conservative revival of sorts has swept the country," writes AS/COA's Brian Winter in TIME.