Lula continues with a stable advantage over Bolsonaro towards the ballot in Brazil

The former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva maintains a stable leadership in voting intentions for the president Jair Bolsonarobefore the presidential ballot on October 30, according to a survey released this Friday.

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The leftist leader maintains 49% of the support, while the far-right president concentrates 44% for the definition of the brazilian electionsaccording to a new survey by the Institute Datafolha which repeated the figures from a week ago.

Taking into account only the valid votes (without blanks or null), Lula would win the election with 53%, and Bolsonaro would remain with 47%according to the survey, which interviewed 2,898 voters in 180 cities and includes a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points.

The figures were known in the middle of a onslaught of the president and allies against the pollstersaccused of having underestimated the strong support he received in the first round of October 2 to harm him.

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Datafolhafor example, gave Lula on the eve of the elections 14 percentage points of advantage over Bolsonaro.

But the president finished just five points behind, with 43% of the votes, against 48% for Lula.

Faced with strong questioning, the results of the survey are published in the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, under the clarification that they represent “a photography” that “it does not necessarily predict the votes.”

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On Thursday, the Federal police opened an investigation at the request of the Ministry of Justicewhich pointed out to the pollsters for possible “criminal practices”. The authority that watches over free competition also launched an investigation into the institutes.

However, both were suspended by the president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Alexandre de Moraesa decision questioned by Bolsonarowho assured on Friday that the pollsters They will continue to lie.

Source: Elcomercio

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