Brazil Presidential Poll: Cardoso Has 47%, Lula 24%
Dow Jones Newswires -- October 1, 1998
Dow Jones Newswires
SAO PAULO -- Three days before Brazilian elections, President Fernando
Henrique Cardoso continues to hold a comfortable lead in his bid for a
second term in office, according to a poll released Thursday.
A joint poll by the Ibope research group, Globo television and Estado
newspaper showed Cardoso with 47% of the the vote, while his primary
challenger, leftist candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has 24%. Those
figures are unchanged from the previous poll two weeks ago.
Other candidates would win 11% of the vote, while 10% of those surveyed
said they were still unsure and 7% would hand in blank votes.
The latest poll, which includes a sample of 3,000 voters from around the
country, indicates that Cardoso would win reelection in the first round on
Oct. 4. No margin of sampling error was provided.
To avoid a second-round vote, a candidate must receive an absolute
majority of valid votes, which excludes blank ballots.
-By Stephen Wisnefski; (5511) 813-1988; swisnefski@ap.org |
