Lula Da Silva could beat Jair Bolsonaro in the first round | According to a new survey

A poll released on Friday indicated that the former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva conducts the voting intention in Brazil for the 2022 elections with a 49% advantage, 26 percentage points above his main rival Jair Bolsonaro.

According to the survey by the Ipec institute, the image of the far-right leader continues to nose down, since he has barely 23% of Brazilian support in the face of a possible electoral dispute with Lula.

The survey was conducted among 2,002 Brazilians between June 17 and 21 and has a margin of error of two percentage points. Further, it included as possible candidates progressive Ciro Gomes, who is in third place with 7% voting intention, and Sao Paulo governor Joao Doria, with 5% who would leave the two technically tied.

Likewise, they are followed by former Minister of Health Luiz Henrique Mandetta with 3% support, while blank and null votes reach 10% and voters who do not know or do not answer total 3%.

Bolsonaro’s popularity is at its lowest since he began his term on January 1, 2019, while his government’s failure rate fell from 39% in February to 50% in June, according to another poll released by Ipec.

In contrast, the voting intention of Lula da Silva, who has yet to formalize his candidacy, has strengthened since he regained his political rights last March after a judge overturned prison sentences. that weighed against him.

The former Brazilian president found himself without political rights in 2018 after being convicted at second instance for corruption, which prevented him from running for election that year.

However, the Supreme Court upheld on April 15 the overturning of the sentences that had been handed down, so that Lula was again qualified as a candidate in next year’s elections.