Brazil Cash Handouts and Angry Debate Fail to Dent Lula Lead
- Lula maintains large advantage in all major polls on Wednesday
- Only a month remains until Brazilians cast first-round vote
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) Simone Tebet (middle) and Jair Bolsonaro during the first televised presidential debate in Sao Paulo on Aug. 28
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A fresh round of Brazil polls show that President Jair Bolsonaro’s cash subsidies for the poor, a flood of campaign ads and a bad-tempered debate failed to sway voters weeks before general elections.
Leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, maintained a large lead in the latest Ipespe poll released Wednesday, with 43% of voting intention in the first-round compared to Bolsonaro’s 35%. The numbers were statistically unchanged from July.