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Brazil: Poll Shows Jailed Lula Extending Lead for October Election

by Q COSTARICA Tuesday 21 August 2018, 2:05 pm 1.9k Views

BRASILIA — Jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has increased his support by 5 percentage points and would win Brazil’s October presidential election if he was allowed to run, a poll by CNT/MDA showed on Monday.
Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves to supporters, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, April 5, 2018.
The survey, which was last taken in May, found that almost half of the leftist leader’s supporters would transfer their votes to his running mate Fernando Haddad if Lula is disqualified from Brazil’s most uncertain race in decades.
The Brazilian real led losses among Latin American currencies after the poll showed investors’ favorite Geraldo Alckmin, the candidate most likely to enact fiscal reforms, lagging far behind his rivals.
Electoral authorities are