Brazil's Rousseff extends lead over Silva in election poll

[Judi Lynn]

3. Rousseff Takes Lead in MDA Poll as Brazilian Vote Nears

Rousseff Takes Lead in MDA Poll as Brazilian Vote Nears
By Raymond Colitt Sep 29, 2014 10:00 PM CT

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has pulled out ahead and would win next month’s election against former Environment Minister Marina Silva in an MDA poll.

Rousseff has 47.7 percent support against 38.7 percent for Silva in a probable runoff election, according to the Sept. 27-28 poll published yesterday by the National Transport Confederation that has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points. Rousseff had 42 percent against Silva’s 41 percent in the previous poll, conducted Sept. 20-21.

While Silva initially captured support from voters dissatisfied with above-target inflation and a slowing economy, her challengers have attacked her proposals as contradictory and questioned her ability to form a majority in Congress. The Ibovespa plunged the most among major stock indexes yesterday and the real slumped to a 13-month low as Rousseff’s chance of winning a second four-year-term increased.

“Dilma’s the favorite again,” Andre Pereira Cesar, director of public policy and business strategy consulting company Prospectiva, said by telephone from Brasilia yesterday. “Marina has been unable to respond to criticism and will have to reshape her campaign.”

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