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Flavio Bolsonaro, Lula About Even Ahead of Brazil Election Runoff, CNT/MDA Poll Shows
The MDA survey of 2,032 voters shows a 2.2-point margin of error as the race remains essentially tied before Sunday’s runoff.
A CNT/MDA poll released Saturday shows Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remain virtually even ahead of Sunday's election runoff in Brazil.
MDA surveyed 2,032 people between October 21 and October 23, finding Bolsonaro previously led Lula 46.8% to 45.9% in polling released last week.
The right-wing senator, eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, would receive 46.3% of the vote compared with 45% for the leftist Lula, according to the poll.
President Lula attended a televised debate with Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday, October 23, as both candidates made final campaign appeals.
Voters in Brazil will head to the polls to determine the presidential election runoff winner between the two candidates, with the race too close to call.
Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) appears with 50.7% of valid votes, against 49.3% for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), in the new CNT/MDA poll, released this Saturday (24). The difference of 1.4 percentage points keeps the candidates in a technical tie, considering the margin of error of 2.2 points more or less. The second round will be […]
According to the poll, the right-wing senator, the eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, would win 46.3 percent of the vote, while the left-wing president Lula would get 45 percent.