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Opposition
Retains Lead in Brazil's
2010 Election Poll
RIO DE JANEIRO - Sao
Paulo State Governor Jose Serra, from the
opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party
(PSDB), kept the lead in the voting
intentions for the 2010 presidential
elections, according to a CNT/Sensus survey
released on Monday.
According to the survey, Governor Serra
attained 31.8 percent of the voting
intentions for next year's elections.
Meanwhile, President Lula's handpicked
candidate, Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff
from the Workers' Party (PT), garnered only
21.7 percent, despite a high approval rating
for Lula.
Congressman Ciro Gomes, from the Brazilian
Socialist Party (PSB), ranked third with
17.5 percent, and Senator and former
Environment Minister Marina Silva, from the
Green Party (PV), received 5.9 percent of
voting intentions.
The CNT/Sensus survey also considered a
scenario without Governor Serra as the PSDB
candidate, but with Aecio Neves, the
governor of Minas Gerais state, instead. In
this case, Congressman Gomes would take the
lead with 25 percent of voting intentions,
against Rousseff's 21.3 percent. Governor
Neves would then have 14.7 percent of voting
intentions, while Senator Silva would get
7.3 percent. |
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