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BRASIL Quaest poll puts Mailza Assis ahead in Acre governor runoff
The survey gives her 49% of voting intentions against 32% for Alan Rick. It also shows improved ratings for the incumbent governor.
A Quaest poll released Tuesday and reported by O Globo and Folha de S.Paulo shows Mailza Assis of the PP leading the Acre governor runoff with 49% of voting intentions, compared with 32% for Alan Rick of Republicanos.
According to the survey, 9% said they would cast a blank or null ballot or choose none of the candidates, while 10% said they did not know. The poll is the first since the Oct. 4 definition of the two candidates who advanced to the runoff. Voting is scheduled for Oct. 25.
In the spontaneous poll, in which respondents are not shown the candidates’ names, Mailza Assis reached 41% and Alan Rick 24%. Another 31% were undecided, and 3% said they would vote blank, null or not go to the polls.
The survey, commissioned by Rede Amazônica, interviewed 1,098 people aged 16 or older between Oct. 9 and Oct. 12. The margin of error is 3 percentage points, and the confidence level is 95%. The registration number reported was AC-05379/2026.
O Globo also reported that 78% of respondents said their choice was final, while 21% said they could still change their vote before the runoff.
The poll also measured views of Mailza Assis’s administration. According to O Globo, 48% rated the government positively, 31% as regular, 10% negatively and 11% said they did not know. Compared with the previous survey on Sept. 25, the positive rating rose from 45%.
Regarding the governor’s personal job approval, 64% said they approve of her work, 20% disapprove and 16% did not know, O Globo reported. In the previous poll, those figures were 61%, 23% and 16%, respectively.
Mailza Assis took office in April after serving as vice governor to Gladson Camelí, who left the post to run for the Senate and was not elected, according to O Globo and Folha de S.Paulo.
Folha de S.Paulo added that in the first round on Oct. 4, Mailza Assis won 49.76% of valid votes and Alan Rick 32.27%, according to Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court.
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About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
