Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff and presidential candidate for the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, Aecio Neves (back, C), talk with the family of late presidential candidate Eduardo Campos during the wake at the Pernambuco Government Palace in Recife, August 17, 2014. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Although a new poll shows Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff suddenly facing a tougher road to re-election, she also saw a sharp recovery in her approval ratings and resilient voter support through what will likely be the campaign's most emotional and volatile period.
The first poll since the death in a plane crash last week of Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos was released early Monday, showing Rousseff in a statistical dead heat in the event of a runoff against Campos' likely replacement, environmentalist Marina Silva.
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