Polls & Research

Support for President Lula Reaches 61% in Brazil

- Incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has extended his lead before this Sunday's presidential run-off in Brazil, according to a poll by Vox Populi. 61 per cent of decided voters would support the Worker's Party (PT) member.

Former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin of the Brazilian Party of Social Democracy (PSDB) would finish second with 39 per cent.

In the first round, held on Oct. 1, Lula garnered 48.61 per cent of the vote, while Alckmin got 41.64 per cent. Since no contender received more than 50 per cent of all cast ballots, a run-off was scheduled for Oct. 29.

Lula—a three-time presidential candidate—won the October 2002 election with 61 per cent of the vote in a run-off against the PSDB's Jose Serra. In the first round, Lula received 47 per cent of the vote, while Serra garnered 24 per cent.

Last year, the Brazilian government was the target of criticism after Brazilian Labour Party (PTB) member Roberto Jefferson declared that members of two political organizations—the Liberal Party (PL) and the Progressive Party (PP)—received payments of up to $12,000 U.S. from the government in exchange for support in the legislative branch. Jefferson has so far provided no evidence to back his allegations.

On Oct. 20, Alckmin clarified a story about an alleged gift of 400 dresses for his wife, declaring, "This is one more of the lies that the PT has spread about me. It was not 400 dresses. Some dresses she did get, she publicly admitted that, and she donated them to charity after using them. What was the harm to the government? Zero. That is very different from the PT, which stole public money."

Polling Data

If the second round of the 2006 presidential election took place today, who would you vote for?
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