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Silva, Tebet lead São Paulo Senate race at 12% in Datafolha poll
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Silva, Tebet lead São Paulo Senate race at 12% in Datafolha poll

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Translated from Portuguese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A Datafolha poll shows Marina Silva and Simone Tebet leading in the race for two Senate seats in São Paulo with 12% of voter intentions.
  • André do Prado is technically tied with Silva and Tebet at 10%, while federal deputies Guilherme Derrite and Ricardo Salles follow with 7% and 6% respectively.
  • The poll surveyed 1,610 voters between August 18-21, with a margin of error of two percentage points.

Former ministers Marina Silva and Simone Tebet are leading the race for two Senate seats in São Paulo, each holding 12% of voter intentions, according to a Datafolha poll released Friday.

Despite their lead, they are in a technical tie with the president of the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo, André do Prado, who has 10% of the vote. The poll's margin of error is two percentage points.

Federal deputies Guilherme Derrite and Ricardo Salles trail with 7% and 6% of intentions, respectively. Blank and null votes account for 21%, while 14% of voters remain undecided.

The Datafolha poll interviewed 1,610 voters in person from August 18 to 21. The survey, with a margin of error of two percentage points and a 95% confidence level, was commissioned by Folha de S. Paulo newspaper and Grupo Globo and registered with the Superior Electoral Court.

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Originally published by Estadão in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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