▁top ▁concern ▁for ▁Venez uel ans ▁heading ▁into ▁the ▁September ▁ 2 6 ▁parliament ary ▁elections , ▁as ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁for ▁some ▁time . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁August ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Franklin ▁Brit o ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁hung er ▁strike ▁led ▁to ▁w ides p read ▁domestic ▁and ▁international ▁media ▁coverage . ▁He ▁had , ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁launched ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁un success ful ▁legal ▁challeng es ▁and ▁dram atic ▁public ▁protest s ▁( including ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁hung er ▁strik es ) ▁against ▁an ▁alleg ed ▁government ▁conf is cation ▁of ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁farm . ▁The ▁government ▁maintained ▁that ▁his ▁protest s ▁were ▁related ▁to ▁land ▁leg ally ▁owned ▁by ▁his ▁neighb ours , ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁final ▁hung er ▁strike ▁came ▁after ▁the ▁disput ed ▁land ▁titles ▁had ▁been ▁with dra wn ▁from ▁his ▁neighb ours . ▁The ▁government ▁accused ▁the ▁Venez uel an ▁opposition ▁of ▁acting ▁like ▁" v ult ures " ▁and ▁des iring ▁Brit o ' s ▁death ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁political ▁ends ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁coming ▁election . ▁ ▁Op in ion ▁pol ls ▁ ▁Pol l ▁results ▁are ▁listed ▁in ▁the ▁tables ▁below ▁in ▁chron ological ▁order ▁and ▁using ▁the ▁date ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁survey ▁were ▁published . ▁The ▁highest ▁percentage ▁figure ▁in ▁each ▁pol ling ▁survey ▁is ▁displayed ▁in ▁bold , ▁and ▁the ▁background ▁sh aded ▁in ▁the ▁leading ▁party ' s ▁colour . ▁ ▁Op in ion ▁pol ls ▁vary ▁widely ,