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Polls Show Brazil's Bolsonaro Widens Lead, Faces Runoff

by Reuters

   BRASILIA, BRAZIL --

   Brazil's far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has increased his lead over
   leftist Fernando Haddad on the eve of Sunday's presidential election,
   but they
   are statistically tied in a likely second-round runoff on Oct. 28, two
   polls showed Saturday.

   Bolsonaro has risen four percentage points to 36 percent support, while
   Haddad dropped one point to 22 percent, the Ibope polling firm said in
   a poll aired on TV Globo. The Datafolha firm had Bolsonaro up one point
   at 36 percent and Haddad unchanged at 22 percent.

   Both surveys showed Bolsonaro ahead of Haddad but statistically tied in
   a runoff that is expected because no candidate appears to have a
   majority.