Datafolha: Lula Sustains 50% of Valid Votes and Bolsonaro Goes to 36%

In relation to the opponent, the president has greater rejection and lesser-known number

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) maintains the leadership of the presidential race, with 50% of valid votes in the first round, as shown by the new Datafolha poll. Jair Bolsonaro (PL) was at 36%, oscillating one point up.

The poll's margin of error, in which 6,800 voters were polled, is plus or minus two points. With this, and with 2% undecided, the possibility of the dispute being sealed by the PT in the first round, on Sunday, the 2nd, remains open.

Lula and president Jair Bolsonaro. (Foto: Gabriela Biló e Antonio Molina/Folhapress )

Ciro Gomes (PDT) and Simone Tebet (MDB) continue in third and fourth place, with respectively 6% and 5% of valid votes.
To avoid the second round, a candidate needs 50% of the valid votes (blank and null not included) plus one.

When asked who they would absolutely not vote for, 52% of voters named the current president and 39% his predecessor.

The PT candidate's number is better known by those who choose him (91%) than that of the current president among those who declare that they would vote for him (84%).

Translated by Cassy Dias

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