BOLSONARO CRUSHES POLLS, LULA STUMBLES TO RUNOFF | WAR ROOM AM W STEVE BANNON
Sunday's vote flipped the script. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished first with about 47% of valid votes and 56.1 million ballots. President Lula took about 45% and 53.8 million. Neither cleared 50% plus one. Runoff is set for October 25. Early returns looked close enough to an outright win that the right was watching the 50% line. Final tallies still gave the right its strongest first-round presidential result since 1989.
Saturday's Quaest survey had Lula at 46% of valid votes and Bolsonaro at 45%. The count went the other way. Steve Bannon and Paulo Figueiredo walk through why the spread…
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