Research indicates Sergio Massa ahead of Javier Milei in Argentina

Peronist presidential candidate Sergio Massa, representative of the current Argentine government, opened up an advantage over his far-right opponent, Javier Milei, less than a month before the second round of the presidential elections, showed a survey by the Analogias agency released this Thursday (26).

The poll recorded that Massa, head of the economic area of ​​the current government, has around 42% of voting intentions, against 34% for Milei, a combative candidate who calls himself an “anarcho-capitalist”.

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Electoral polls have been wrong in Argentina in recent years, including before the first round last Sunday (22), when Milei led in almost all polls, but ended up coming in second place, behind Massa, by around six percentage points.

The Analogias survey, one of the first to estimate the support of candidates for the second round, on November 19, follows the most recent turnaround, on Wednesday (25), when Milei won the support of the third-placed candidate in the first round, conservative Patricia Bullrich, who received almost a quarter of the votes.

Bullrich’s support for Milei should help him win over some of Bullrich’s more moderate conservative voter base, which opposes the Peronists in power, although his own coalition is deeply divided over support for the radical libertarian.

The new poll also shows almost 18% undecided in the head-to-head, while another around 6% said they will not vote for anyone.

The survey interviewed almost 2,000 participants between October 23 and 25.

The poll also estimates that Massa will win the votes of around a third of those who supported last Sunday’s fourth-place finisher, as well as almost 15% of those who opted for Bullrich.