Polls: Opposition Has Slight Lead in Brazil Presidential Runoff

Opposition candidate Aecio Neves is heading into the final week of Brazil's presidential race with a razor-thin lead in polls, but it's the incumbent Dilma Rousseff who appears to be gaining momentum in the homestretch. After a sudden surge before and after the first-round vote on Oct. 5, Neves is struggling to retain the momentum that gave him a slight advantage in recent polling. He leads Rousseff by 2 percentage points in the most closely watched opinion polls, within their...

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