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Poll Shows Lula Ahead of Bolsonaro in Brazil Runoff

8/22/2026

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  • President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a Datafolha poll.
  • The simulated second-round shows Lula at 47% and Bolsonaro at 43%.
  • Datafolha surveyed 2,058 people from August 18, after campaign launch and Supreme Court clearance of a probe into Lula’s son.
  • Senator Bolsonaro’s numbers fell after a May revelation he asked a jailed banker to fund a film about his father.