Former judge Sergio Moro is consolidating his position as an alternative to the right-left polarization that so far is expected to control Brazil’s presidential elections next year, should he make it to the second round.
The man who became famous for imprisoning Brazil’s political and business elite during the so-called corruption probe, known as ‘Lava Jato’ saw his numbers rise substantially in the first major poll on voting intention published after he joined a political party and informally announce his candidacy.
According to the survey, Moro would receive up to 17% of the votes in several different first-round scenarios that would pit him against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and current president Jair Bolsonaro, who would obtain up to 43% and 33%, respectively. None of the other candidates reached more than 7.5% of voting intention in any of these cases.
The survey, carried out by the digital bank Modals in alliance with Futura Inteligencia through 2,000 telephone interviews, shows Lula winning all the simulations of a second round. Nevertheless, Moro would beat Bolsonaro, in a second round scenario without the former president.
The survey was conducted between November 16 and 20, with a 2.2% margin of error.
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