Deus acima de todos

Bolsonaro, evangélicos e o voto nas eleições presidenciais de 2018 no Brasil

Abstract

The theme of this article is “God above all: Bolsonaro, evangelicals and voting in
the 2018 presidential elections in Brazil”. Through a literature review, it is analyzed how the
Protestant/evangelical segment was fundamental for the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018. In
this sense, a timeline is drawn in which it is highlighted how religion has influenced Brazilian
politics since from the colonial period to the present day, it can be seen how Protestants
entered politics throughout Brazil's history and how they began to seek to influence it based
on their religious principles, which, as a rule, are related to elements of conservatism.
behavioral. This factor, as analyzed throughout the text, was fundamental for Bolsonaro to
win the support of most evangelicals in 2018. For the analysis of the theme, we selected
authors such as Gedeon Alencar (2020), David Mesquiati (2020), Jairo Nicolau (2020) ),
Ricardo Alexandre (2020) and Yago Martins (2020). It is noteworthy that the objective is not
to exhaust the theme, however, it is considered that the religious discourse was an important
factor for the result of the 2018 elections in Brazil.