Rousseff Maintains Poll Lead With Brazil Ballot Win Intact
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff maintained her lead over her nearest challengers less than two months before elections, according to an Ibope poll that shows her winning a possible run-off.
Support for Rousseff’s re-election bid in the Oct. 5 election is unchanged at 38 percent from July, according to the August 3-6 poll, which has a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points. Candidate Aecio Neves is her closest challenger, with 23 percent compared to 22 percent in the previous poll published July 22.