Politics from the start · Left or Right

Could you say what a federal deputy, a senator and a city councilor each do?

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What both sides want

Everyone wants to know who they are voting for and where their own taxes go.

For the visa you still need to read the two questions of the Entrance, finish 1 trail and take the final quiz.

The numbers

In June 2026, 67% of voters could not remember who they had voted for as federal deputy in 2022, and 66% could not remember their vote for senator. For president, only 7% had forgotten.

Source: Datafolha, via SBT News (June 2026)

Another number

The names come from France. In the parliaments formed after the French Revolution of 1789, the representatives of the aristocracy sat to the right of the speaker, and the commoners to the left.

Source: Politize, Esquerda e direita: o que dizem história e teoria (2016)

What does “left and right” mean?

Left and right are names for two ways of answering the same question. How much should the government do? And how much should be left to each person? Each side holds very different positions within it.