Untouched
The corruption scandals that forced Brazilian Antonio Palocci to resign haven’t affected President Lula’s reputation at all.
A recent public opinion poll by Datafolha actually showed a slight increase in Lula’s actual lead over opposition contestant Geraldo Alckmin from PSDB party.
Lula’s advantage to Alckim rose from 19 to 20%. These are Datafolha's numbers for the first round:
President Lula from PT party: 40% (2 points less than last month).
Gerardo Alckmin from PSDB party: 23% (2 points less than last month).
Anthony Garotinho from PMDB party: 15% (3 points more than last month).
Indeed the story here is the rise of Anthony Garotinho who nevertheless, hasn’t got his party’s nomination yet and is fighting a tendency within his party not to nominate a candidate for these elections but instead establish a political alliance.
Garotinho is a charismatic former Governor of Rio de Janeiro who happens to be both, evangelical and leftist.
posted by Camilo Pino @ 4/10/2006
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Another poll, this time by Sensus, confirms that Lula has
suffered little from the Palocci scandal but also shows
Alckim reducing Lula’s lead. These are Sensus numbers for
a first round:
Lula: 37.5 % (from 25.2 in February).
Alckim: 20.6% (from 17.4% in February)
Garotinho: 15% (from 14.4%)
Lula’s approval rating actually increased from 53.3% in
February to 53.6% in April.
Bloomberg carries the story:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aXwRV0QJbhJc&refer=latin_america
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