Lula holds big lead in Brazil as voters worry about inflation, COVID-19

[Judi Lynn]

January 12, 2022
7:40 AM CST
Last Updated 6 hours ago
Americas

Reuters
2 minute read

BRASILIA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva retains a clear lead for this year's presidential election in Brazil, where inflation and the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic most worry voters, a poll published on Wednesday showed.

Lula would get 45% of the votes against 23% for the country's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro if the election were held today, according to the Banco Genial/Quaest Pesquisas survey.

Lula would win a run-off second round vote against Bolsonaro by 54% versus 30%, it said. The two men are expected to face off in a polarized election in October, though neither have formally declared they will run.

The Quaest poll showed support for both candidates slipping by 2 percentage points since the previous survey in December, and also for third placed anti-corruption former judge Sergio Moro, who dropped one point to 9% of voter intentions.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-holds-big-lead-brazil-voters-worry-about-inflation-covid-19-2022-01-12/

[Nictuku]

1. You mean that inflation is happening world-wide?

(sarcasm)

But how can that be? How did Biden cause inflation in Brazil? Surely it can't have anything to do with a world-wide pandemic!

(sarcasm off)