Brazil's Lula Widens First-Round Lead, Remains Tied with Bolsonaro in Runoff Polls
- On Monday, a BTG Pactual/Nexus poll showed Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula leading the first-round election with 42% of the vote, while remaining statistically tied with Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a simulated runoff.
- The leftist incumbent widened his lead from a previous survey that had him at 40% to Bolsonaro's 37%, though a September 21 poll showed a tighter 46% to 45% runoff margin.
- Nexus surveyed 2,000 people between September 25 and 27, yielding a margin of error of 2 percentage points. Augusto Cury and Ronaldo Caiado each polled at 5%, while Renan Santos held 4%.
- If no candidate secures more than 50% of valid votes in the October 4 first round, the two frontrunners will advance to a runoff election scheduled for October 25.
- Lula's narrow runoff lead of 46% to 44% remains within the survey's margin of error, underscoring the competitive nature of Brazil's election ahead of next month's voting.
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Flavio Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he would not take part in a television debate three days before the first round, denouncing a "censorship" of electoral justice. For his part, Brasilia called for an investigation into the alleged use of US public funds to promote a "extreme right-wing agenda"Between polemics about Brazil's patron saint and television debate cancelled at the last minute, the campaign for the first round of the presidential …
Flávio Bolsonaro, who previously confirmed his attendance at a Globo TV presidential debate, cancelled and will do another activity.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro's son made the announcement two hours before the scheduled start of the debate on TV Globo, the country's largest network.
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Brazil's president won't “listen to nonsense” for debate. His main opponent has agreed to participate.
President Lula da Silva is just ahead of the ultra-right challenger Bolsonaro before the first round of polls. Most Brazilians leave the duel cold – although there is more at stake than just one office.
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