Elections in Brazil: Lula da Silva leads, followed by Flávio Bolsonaro, with a writer as third favorite, according to a poll

The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvawho is seeking reelection in the October elections in Brazil, leads with 37% of voting intentions, while his main rival, Senator Flavio Bolsonaroremains at 30%, according to a survey released this Wednesday.

The big news in the survey by the Quaest firm is the rise of the writer Augusto Cury, a neophyte in politics nominated by the center party Avante, who appears in third place, with 10%, eight points more than what he had in previous surveys.

Quaest’s new study, which interviewed 2,004 voters between August 30 and September 1, and has a margin of error of two percentage points, is the first from this company since candidates began to spread their electoral propaganda on radio and television.

Although the pollsters consider that these circumstances make the new survey technically incomparable with the previous ones, the results indicate that the differentiates between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro It fell two points in the last month and five in the last two.

While the progressive leader had 40% of the voting intention in the July poll and 39% in the August poll, the far-right senator, the first-born of former president Jair Bolsonaro, appeared with 28% in July and 30% in August.

In the same period, Cury advanced eight points and, with 10%, stands out among the candidates trying to end the current polarization in the Brazilian electoral campaign.

The growth of the writer, who defends positions on both the right and the left, coincides with his advancement on social networks, where he has gained millions of followers.