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Brazil's Presidential Race
Heats Up As Candidates Narrow Gap
BRASILIA - Brazil's two leading presidential
candidates narrowed their gap in voter
support by five percentage points, according
to a public poll released Wednesday.
The Social Democratic Party's (PSDB)
candidate Jose Serra, who was favored by 35
percent of respondents, maintained a
narrower lead versus president-backed Dilma
Rousseff from the Workers' Party (PT), the
Ibope opinion research institute reported in
a poll released by the National
Confederation of Industry (CNI).
The survey showed a sharp reduction in voter
support between the two candidates from the
previous poll in December, when the gap was
21 percentage points.
The Brazilian Socialist Party's (PSB) Ciro
Gomes and former Environment Minister
Senator Marina Silva from the Green Party
(PV) gained 11 percent and 6 percent of
support, respectively.
The poll also indicated that in a
second-round runoff, Serra would defeat
Rousseff by a margin of 44 percent to 39
percent.
Ibope surveyed 2,002 people between March 6
and 10 in 140 Brazilian municipalities. The
poll has a margin of error of two percentage
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