SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff widened her lead ahead of Sunday's presidential election and would defeat environmentalist Marina Silva in an expected runoff vote, pollster Ibope showed late on Tuesday.
Rousseff of the ruling Workers' Party has 42 percent of voter support in a runoff, while Silva has 38 percent, the Ibope poll showed, according to TV Globo news program Jornal Nacional. In the prior Ibope poll a week ago, Rousseff and Silva were tied at 41 percent.
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