Brazil Rousseff support down ahead of October election, but rivals don't benefit

Monday, April 7th 2014 - 06:12 UTC

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's popularity has dipped five percentage points ahead of October's presidential elections, revealed a new poll published on Sunday. The Datafolha polling institute said 36% of respondents rated Rousseff's government as “great/good” against the 41% who gave it that rating in the firm's previous poll conducted in February. Read full article

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ChrisR
TMBOA got in with just 36.4% of the national voting population so Brazil is getting more like The Dark Country as time goes on.
Apr 07th, 2014 - 12:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Compulsory voting, an overall 50%+ majority, or a second round against one opponent will see Dilma greatly exceeding CFK's performance. Just a feature of the polling rules.
Apr 07th, 2014 - 01:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
When it comes down to the election campaign, the opposition acts like amateurs. The PT is rotten to the core, and vulnerable, yet the opposition has no idea how to take advantage of all the ammunition they are given......and considering that the incumbent government won't think twice about using the State machine and its resources in their campaign, Dilma should get in without too much hassle. A smart, proactive opposition would be able to expose the PT (and their allies) for what they really are...just a bunch of incompetent, lying thugs.
Apr 07th, 2014 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
So true, Jack. If you had seen the terminally inadequate performance of Serra (PSDB) a few years back you would have a perfect case study of how amateur it gets.
PT took international advice and grooming when it put Dilma forward.
There is a message here for all opposition candidates - you have to be so much 'better' when you go up against a South American incumbent.
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