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Lula's lead narrows in potential Brazil presidential runoff, Atlas/Bloomberg poll shows

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A survey conducted by AtlasIntel and published with Bloomberg shows that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead in the potential presidential runoff election has narrowed against opposition Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. According to the poll, Lula would receive 47.1% of votes in a second-round vote compared to Bolsonaro's 42.6%. This is down from July when Lula was seen with 49.2% and Bolsonaro had 42.9%. The poll of 5,014 people conducted between August 25-30 has a margin of error of 1 percentage point.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's lead over opposition Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has narrowed in a potential second-round vote in the October presidential election, according to a poll conducted by AtlasIntel and Bloomberg. Lula would receive 47.1% of votes, while Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, would get 42.6%. This is a decrease from a previous poll where Lula had a 6.3 percentage point lead over Bolsonaro in the second round. In the first round, Lula would have 43.4% of the votes, followed by Bolsonaro with 33.7%, and then several other candidates. The poll was conducted between August 25-30 among 5,014 people, with a margin of error of 1 percentage point.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would win a potential second-round vote in the October presidential election against opposition Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Monday.

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🔮 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would win a potential second-round vote in the October presidential election against opposition Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, an AtlasIntel/Bloomberg poll showed on Monday.

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Lula's lead narrows in potential Brazil presidential runoff, Atlas/Bloomberg poll shows · assertive framing

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Lula's lead narrows in potential Brazil presidential runoff, Atlas/Bloomberg poll shows SAO PAULO, Aug 31 - asserted

poll → narrow → runoff

poll → win → Monday

• Lula would receive 47.1% of votes in a second-round runoff, compared with 42.6% for Flavio Bolsonaro, son of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, the poll showed. asserted

poll → receive → Bolsonaro

• In a July poll, Lula was seen with 49.2% of votes, and Senator Bolsonaro with 42.9%. asserted

Lula → see → %

• In a first-round scenario, Lula would lead with 43.4% of the votes, followed by Bolsonaro (33.7%), Augusto Cury (7.8%), Renan Santos (7.6%), and Ronaldo Caiado (3.3%). asserted

Lula → lead → Bolsonaro

• The previous poll showed Lula at 44.9% and Bolsonaro at 35.8% in the first round. asserted

poll → show → round

• If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid votes in the first round, the two frontrunners advance to a runoff. asserted

frontrunners → win → runoff

• AtlasIntel surveyed 5,014 people between August 25-30; margin of error 1 percentage point. asserted

AtlasIntel → survey → error