Brazil Election Leader Bolsonaro Hits Ceiling, Poll Shows
- Bolsonaro’s 1st round support at 27% Ibope Survey Shows
- First round vote to be Oct. 7; runoff scheduled for Oct. 28
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Brazilian presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro’s support has stalled in the latest opinion poll, indicating his high rejection rate may prevent him from winning the nation’s top job.
The former Army captain garnered 27 percent support in an Ibope poll published on Wednesday, compared with 28 percent in a separate Ibope poll published on Monday. In a likely runoff vote Oct. 28 against runner-up Fernando Haddad of the leftist Workers’ Party, Bolsonaro would lose by four percentage points, the same as the combined margin of error between them.