Lula may clinch Brazil election on Sunday, final polls show
BRASILIA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a solid polling lead going into Sunday’s election against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, with a chance of clinching the race in the first round, fresh surveys showed on Saturday.
3 minute readOctober 1, 20227:25 PM CDTLast Updated 20 hours ago
Lula may clinch Brazil election on Sunday, final polls show
By Anthony Boadle
BRASILIA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a solid polling lead going into Sunday’s election against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, with a chance of clinching the race in the first round, fresh surveys showed on Saturday.
Brazil’s most polarized election in decades will decide whether to return to power the leftist leader who spent time in jail on corruption convictions or the right-wing populist who has attacked the voting system and threatened to contest defeat.
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Two polls released on Saturday showed Lula with a majority of valid votes, which would mean outright victory, avoiding a bruising runoff.
Pollster IPEC showed Lula winning 51% of valid votes, excluding blank and spoiled ballots, and a Datafolha poll showed the popular two-term president with 50% of valid votes.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/front-runner-lula-close-outright-win-brazil-election-2022-10-01/
twitter chatter saying pro Bolsonaro areas reporting faster
but
, presidential election results (1st round):
4,50 % of polling places counted:
Bolsonaro (PL-inc): 48,84 %
Lula (PT): 42,07 %
Tebet (MDB): 4,74 %
Gomes (PDT): 3,18 %
Lula is a corrupt Communist.. .I know, that’s redundant…and Bergoglio loves him and hates Bolsonaro. So I’d say Lula, no matter how corrupt and generally useless he was, has a leg up on this one just because he’s supported by the entire leftist state, the media and the Church of Francis.
But if neither candidate gets a certain percentage, there will be a runoff. So we shall see.
How pathetic. he spent time in JAIL for CORRUPTION, yet he is getting half the votes. Dumbass country, just like our voters.