The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

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Rousseff gets 47% of the vote in Brazil’s presidential election, all but guaranteeing victory in the Oct 31 run-off against second-place finisher, José Serra, who got 33% of the vote:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/americas/04brazil.html

Serra is the ex-governor of São Paulo who lost the presidential election to Lula in 2002. He will need a miracle to get a majority of the vote in the Oct 31 run-off.