Brazil stands at a crucial moment its history. Election Day is Oct. 5 for the country for not only the president but also the other 513 lower seats in congress, a third of the 81 senators, and governors across the all 27 states and 1,059 state legislators.

According to the Economist, most analysts agree that the next set of representatives will largely represent the current lot. While three out of four citizens polled may say that they want change, there are indications that they don't trust new comers to bring it about.

It had seemed as though incumbent Dilma Rousseff would win outright. However, after the death of one of the main candidates, there is growing popularity with his replacement. The BBC reports that environmentalist Marina Silva is likely to make the vote go a second round.

Rousseff is a part of the workers party that has been the force behind several socioeconomic gains in Brazil over the past decade. Silva is a member of the environmentalist party while Aécio Neves is a pro-businesses social democrat.

Forbes reports that according to an Ibope poll, Rousseff has 46 percent of the vote, while the candidates receives 51 percent of the vote there will have to be another round.

According to a household survey by IBGE, the Brazilian Institute for Geography and statistics the conditions of poorer families are improving and there has been more digital inclusion and health care has been improving. These come as a result of the Workers Party policies, which require poor families to keep their kids in school in order to receive federal assistance.

Despite improvements, the last four years have been of lackluster growth, as the Telegraph reports that before the country was experiencing a boom of growth from exports to China and was experiencing a growth of 4 percent per year. It has since slowed to 2 percent per year due to the recession as of last quarter.