Thales stated that the tight polls could trigger a wave of strategic voting the next day, with each side trying to settle the dispute in the first round. He anticipated that he would vote for the PT for the first time at this stage, after having chosen Marina, Eduardo Jorge, Ciro, and Tebet in previous elections, and described himself as "a new communist" on social media. #Eleições2024 #VotoÚtil #PT (translated)