MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has taken lead over her main rival Marina Silva four days ahead of the presidential election, a recent survey by Datafohla polling group showed.
49 percent of voters are ready to cast ballots for Rousseff in the runoff compared to 41 percent of those backing her major rival, Marina Silva, according to Datafohla poll published Tuesday. A month ago Rousseff was behind Silva with 40 and 50 percent correspondingly.
Presidential election in Brazil is scheduled for Sunday. If none of the candidates gains an outright majority, a runoff will take place on October 26.
Both candidates have focused in their campaigns primarily on social and economic reforms. Thus, "the only difference between the approaches of two candidates is that Rousseff knows a little about foreign policy, and Silva knows even less," Vicente Barrientos, head of the Iber-American Institute, told "Kommersant" newspaper on August 22.
However, Silva's approach, particularly, her idea to make the Central Bank independent, has raised concerns of Brazilians.
Moreover, Rousseff's governing Workers' Party is stronger and better organized than Socialist Party, where Marina Silva comes from. Brazil's recent economic successes are associated with the governing party in the minds of population.
Both candidates believe economic ties with Russia should be strengthened as part of Brazil's active economic policy and program on diversification of economic partners.
