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Serra Remains Top Choice for Brazilians
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Sao Paulo governor Jose Serra remains the frontrunner as voters in Brazil ponder their choices before next year’s presidential ballot, according to a poll by Ibope. 38 per cent of respondents would back the opposition Brazilian Party of Social Democracy (PSDB) contender in the election.
Current government chief of staff Dilma Rousseff of the Worker’s Party (PT) is a distant second with 18 per cent, followed by national integration minister Ciro Gomes of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) with 12 per cent, and Heloisa Helena of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) with 11 per cent.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva—a member of the PT—won the October 2002 presidential election with 61 per cent of the vote in a run-off against Serra. In October 2006, he earned a new four-year term, defeating PSDB candidate Geraldo Alckmin with 60.8 per cent of the vote in the second round.
On Jun. 9, Minas Gerais governor Aecio Neves dismissed rumours that suggest he will become the PSDB’s vice-presidential nominee under Serra, adding, "It would be presumptuous for a party to believe that it can singlehandedly design a ticket and win the election."
Lula is ineligible for a third term in office. The first round of Brazil’s next presidential election is scheduled for Oct. 3, 2010.
Polling Data
Which of these candidates would you vote for in the next presidential election?
|
Jose Serra (PSDB) |
38% |
|
Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
18% |
|
Ciro Gomes (PSB) |
12% |
|
Heloisa Helena (PSOL) |
11% |
|
None / Blank ballot |
13% |
|
Not sure / Undecided |
12% |
Source: Ibope
Methodology: Interviews with 2,002 Brazilian adults, conducted from May 29 to Jun. 1, 2009. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.
