Brazil exit poll: Rousseff to face Neves in runoff
Oct 5, 6:26 PM EDT
Brazil exit poll: Rousseff to face Neves in runoff
By BRAD BROOKS
Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- An exit poll showed Sunday that President Dilma Rousseff will face challenger Aecio Neves in a second-round vote in Brazil's most unpredictable presidential election since the nation's return to democracy nearly three decades ago.
The poll by the respected Ibope Institute found that Rousseff won 44 percent of the vote against Neves' 30 percent. The poll interviewed 64,200 people across Brazil. It had a margin of error of 2 percentage points.
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Rousseff promised to expand social programs and continue strong state involvement in the economy, even though critics complain it creates a poor business environment and the main stock market tumbled every time a new poll showed her on the rise.
Both Silva and Neves offered more centrist economic approaches, such as central bank independence, more privatizations and the pursuit of trade deals with Europe and the United States.
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