{{Support for President Dilma Rousseff is slipping among Brazilian voters who are increasingly pessimistic about their country’s economy and disappointed with her performance, according to a poll published on Saturday.}}
While Rousseff is still on track to win re-election outright in elections on October 5, she has lost six points among potential voters since last month, a survey by local Datafolha polling firm said.
The poll showed more Brazilians want a change of course in government policies, and twice as many Brazilians think Rousseff’s predecessor and mentor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is more qualified than her to carry out those changes.
The number of Brazilian intending to vote for Rousseff dropped to 38% from 44 percent in February, though her two potential rivals gained little or no ground.
The leader of the main opposition party Aécio Neves was unchanged at 16% of voter intentions and Eduardo Campos, governor of Pernambuco state, edged forward one point to 10%.
The only candidate who could force a run-off vote against Rousseff is environmentalist and former presidential candidate Marina Silva, who is expected to run on Campos’ ticket for vice president.
Latin America’s largest economy is entering its fourth year of slow growth under Rousseff, who has lost the confidence of investors by failing to revive the economy or curb rising inflation in a context of deteriorating fiscal accounts.
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