Lula, Bolsonaro neck-and-neck in Brazil runoff polls ahead of election
The 2-point margin of error leaves the race statistically tied as Lula and Bolsonaro trade narrow leads before the October vote.
- On Monday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula regained a slim lead over Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a simulated runoff for next month's election, with the BTG Pactual and Nexus poll showing Lula at 47% to Bolsonaro's 46%.
- A separate Datafolha survey released Friday showed the contest neck and neck, while a Quaest poll published later Monday found Bolsonaro ahead 42 percent to 40 percent, leaving the race statistically tied within the margin of error.
- In a first-round scenario, Lula would lead with 42% of the votes, followed by Bolsonaro at 37%, with an October 25 runoff triggered if no candidate wins more than 50% on October 4.
- Federal police are probing Bolsonaro over allegations of money-laundering and corruption involving Banco Master owner Daniel Vorcaro, as a crisis inside the Supreme Court clouds the October vote.
- Corruption allegations against one of Lula's sons and a slowing economy have weighed on his re-election bid in recent weeks, though the candidate has denied wrongdoing as the campaign approaches October.
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Two polls published yesterday place the president and senator with minimal differences within the margin of error
Lula and Bolsonaro in Dead Heat Ahead of Brazil Vote, Polls Show
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and conservative challenger Flávio Bolsonaro appeared statistically tied in a pair of new polls ahead of Brazil’s election, as a crisis inside the country’s Supreme Court clouds the October vote.
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxPresident Lula and Bolsonaro tie for Brazil's elections, while a crisis in the Supreme shakes the electoral campaign.
Lula regained a close advantage over former President Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son in a BTG Pactual/Nexus survey, while a separate poll from Quaest commissioned by Globo showed that the legislator had a numerical advantage for the first time.
(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Gwang-ho = In the Brazilian presidential election to be held next month, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro ...
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