
Datafolha research commissioned by Globo and Folha de S.Paulo shows Lula with 53% and Flávio Bolsonaro with 47% in voting intentions for the second presidential round in the Federal District, with a margin of error of three percentage points and a confidence level of 95%.
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This is the first round of research since the second round between Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) and Lula was confirmed, last Sunday (4). The second round will be on October 25th. On that date, DF voters also decide the election for governor, between Celina Leão (PP) and Leandro Grass.
This is the first round of research since the second round between Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) and Lula was confirmed, last Sunday (4).
The second round will be on October 25th. On that date, DF voters also decide the election for governor, between Celina Leão (PP) and Leandro Grass.
The research was commissioned by Globo and the newspaper "Folha de S.Paulo". Datafolha interviewed 910 people between the 6th and 8th of October. The margin of error is three percentage points, plus or minus. The confidence level is 95%. The research registration number is BR-09856/2026.
Datafolha also asked voters what their assessment was of Lula's work as president. See the results:
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Lula will win the second presidential round in the Federal District with a margin of approximately six percentage points.
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Abstention in the first round of this year's elections broke a record at 21.08%, equivalent to more than 33 million voters who did not go to the polls on October 4th. According to a Datafolha survey released this Friday (9), among the spontaneous reasons cited by absent voters, 19% indicated travel or not being in the city, 18% mentioned health and illness, and 13% claimed lack of interest in the election, the candidates or lack of a candidate. Another 9% were working and 7% did not have documents. The survey interviewed 2,520 voters in 153 municipalities, with a margin of error of 2 percentage points overall and 10 points for the issue of abstention. The study, registered with the TSE under code BR-02949/2026, was commissioned by Folha and TV Globo and takes place in the context of the dispute between Flávio Bolsonaro (PL) and Lula (PT), where the senator leads with 47.03% of the votes against 45.16% for the incumbent president.

Research commissioned by TV Globo and the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo interviewed 2,520 people aged 16 or over on the 6th and 7th of October and found that 78% of voters consider the participation of Flávio and Lula in the debates to be very important, with a margin of error of 2 points and registration with the TSE under code BR-02949/2026.

The Senate discusses the PEC that reduces working hours from 44 to 40 hours per week, with three of the five mandatory sessions already concluded. The Lula government seeks to break the interstice to speed up voting in the first round, necessary for approval with three-fifths of the votes (49 senators). The opposition has avoided presence, but sessions have up to 60 senators, including virtual participation. Oriovisto Guimarães (PSDB-PR) is the only declared critic so far.

Former president José Sarney, aged 96, was admitted to a private hospital in São Luís this Friday (9) after experiencing abdominal discomfort. He is undergoing tests and, so far, no medical report has been released. Sarney had voted on Sunday (4) and was discharged from hospital on September 30 after treatment for pneumonia in São Paulo and São Luís.

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