Leftist Lula maintains dominant lead in Brazilian election, poll shows

[Judi Lynn]

December 14, 2021
6:07 PM CST
Last Updated 5 hours ago
Americas

Reuters
2 minute read

BRASILIA, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian former leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has a comfortable lead in the polls heading into next year's October presidential election, with right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro nearly 30 percentage points down, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

If the vote were held today, 48% percent of respondents said they would vote for Lula, as the former president is widely known, while 21% would vote for Bolsonaro, according to the survey by pollster Inteligencia em Pesquisa e Consultoria (IPEC), which was published on news website G1.

Sergio Moro, a former anti-corruption judge who helped put Lula in jail before joining Bolsonaro's administration only to fall out with the conservative leader, came in third with 6% of the vote.

In a second scenario in which minor candidates were not listed as options, Lula received 49% of the hypothetical vote versus 22% for Bolsonaro. Moro came in third with 8%.

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[regnaD kciN]

1. Yes, but will Bolsonaro leave office if he loses...?

He's already indicated that he considers TFG to be "weak" for having not overturned the 2020 election results. What makes anyone think he'll honor "the will of the people" himself. That is, if Lula isn't "disappeared" before next October.