A Brazil presidential election poll found for the first time a lead for Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, in a runoff vote against incumbent socialist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The Futura/Apex poll, released on Thursday, found that Lula was likely to win the first round of voting, expected to take place in October, but that a runoff eliminating all other candidates but Lula and Bolsonaro would put the younger senator at a significant advantage. About 48 percent of respondents said they would vote for Sen. Bolsonaro in a runoff against Lula, while only about 42 percent would choose the 80-year-old incumbent. In Brazil, a host of presidential candidates compete in the first round of voting; if no candidate obtains 50 percent
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