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Datafolha Poll Shows Voting Trends Ahead of Brazil's Election

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A new poll shows how people plan to vote in Brazil's election.

The poll is called Datafolha. It shows the first round of voting.

The poll looks at region, gender, age, political position, and religion.

It shows who different groups of people want to vote for.

The PT party feels good about the poll results.

This is because of a problem called the Lulinha case.

Flávio's campaign team is also happy with the polls.

They hope the race with Lula will stay the same.

They call this a 'freeze' in the competition.

Many people are watching the numbers before the election.

Vocabulary5 words

poll
a way to ask many people what they think
round
one part of a vote; there can be more than one
gender
being male or female
PT
a political party in Brazil
campaign
work done to win an election

Quiz

1. What is Datafolha?
2. What information does the poll NOT show?
3. True or false: The PT party feels good about the poll.

Fill-in-the-blank listening

Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

A new _____ shows how people plan to vote in Brazil's election.

The poll is called Datafolha. It shows the first _____ of voting.

The poll looks at region, _____, age, political position, and religion.

It shows who different groups of people want to vote for.

The _____ party feels good about the poll results.

This is because of a problem called the Lulinha case.

Flávio's _____ team is also happy with the polls.

They hope the race with Lula will stay the same.

They call this a 'freeze' in the competition.

Many people are watching the numbers before the election.

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