Chilean presidential election: Left-wing candidate in view of second round on December 19th

Chile’s left-wing presidential candidate, Gabriel Boric, is ahead of far-right candidate Jose Antonio Cast, according to a poll released Sunday ahead of the second round of the Latin American presidential election. to be held on 19 December.

According to the findings of the survey, which was conducted from November 23rd to 26th, Mr. Boric, former leader of the student movement, former MP, 35 years old, candidate of the left-wing coalition “Apruebo dignidad” (“I Appreciate Dignity”) ), is going to win the second round with 53.9%. Mr Cast, a 55-year-old former Republican lawmaker and lawmaker (far right), won 31.2% of the vote.

The Activa Research Institute conducted an online survey of a representative sample of 1,518 potential voters. The statistical error rate is. 2.5%.

Mr Cast, who says he admires Brazilian President Zaich Bolsonaro and former US President Donald Trump while defending the neoliberal “economic legacy” of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, 50% plus one vote required to win straight away. Gathered about 28%.

Mr Boric received about 26%. It is considered that it will need to expand its electoral base – it attracts more youth and residents of urban centers – to prevail in the second round.

The visions of the two candidates for the future of the first ranked country in the world in terms of copper production could not be more different.

According to the poll, 9.8% have not yet decided, while 4.9% will not support either candidate. “People who voted for candidates other than Cast and Boric are still weighing their options,” Activa Research analyst Victoria Leon told CNN in Chile.

Overall, positive opinions are dramatically higher for Mr Boric (40.4%) than for Mr Cast (24.5%), according to the survey.

An important unknown X of the electoral equation is what will be chosen by the supporters of the liberal Franco Paris, who unexpectedly came third in the first round, securing almost 14% of the vote.

SOURCE: AMPE

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Source From: Capital

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