Lula Widens Lead Over Bolsonaro Days Before Vote, Datafolha Says
- Lula has 53% of valid votes; Bolsonaro 47%, pollster says
- Polls this week show Bolsonaro’s momentum fading before Sunday
Brazilians will cast their vote for president this Sunday.
Photographer: Ana Caroline de Lima/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva slightly widened his lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro just three days before Brazilians cast their vote in the presidential runoff, according to a Datafolha poll.
Lula would get 53% of valid votes, a measure that pulls out null and blank ballots, up from 52% last week. Bolsonaro would take 47%, down 1 percentage point, according to the survey published Thursday evening. Both movements fell within the poll’s 2 percentage-point margin of error.