Rousseff Remains Favorite to Win Brazil Re-Election
Rousseff Remains Favorite to Win Brazil Re-Election
Poll Shows President Recovered Much Lost Support
By Rogerio Jelmayer
Feb. 23, 2014 11:50 a.m. ET
SÃO PAULO, Brazil—Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff remains the favorite to win re-election in October with a comfortable lead over possible contenders, according to a poll published Sunday.
The Datafolha polling institute said Ms. Rousseff has recovered much of the support she had lost in the wake of mass street protests in the middle of last year.
Millions of Brazilians demonstrated in cities across the country of 200 million people. They had many complaints, but most were focused on perceived corruption and on the poor quality of public services, such as health care and education.
Protests have continued on a smaller scale. On Saturday night, around 230 people were arrested in São Paulo during a demonstration by some 1,000 people against the soccer World Cup, which begins in June, according to the Estado newspaper. The protesters believe the money that has gone into preparing for the World Cup would be better spent on public services.
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