Chile: Support For Left-Wing Candidate Rises Ahead of Election
Chile: Support For Left-Wing Candidate Rises Ahead of Election
Senator Alejandro Guillier is seen inside the Chilean Congress in Valparaiso, Chile, Sept. 27, 2016. | Photo: Reuters
Published 3 November 2016 (3 hours 6 minutes ago)
Guillier could go head to head with Chile's right-wing former president in the next presidential vote in 2017.
Support is growing for an independent, left-leaning senator to run for president in Chile during the next 2017 election, according to a poll released on Thursday.
The GfK Adimark poll showed rapidly increasing support for Alejandro Guillier, a journalist turned anti-establishment senator who relatively unknown just a few months ago.
When asked who they would choose as president if elections were held this week, 15 percent of 1,056 Chileans surveyed chose Guillier, up from 5 percent in August.
Guillier, 63, is growing support compared to Sebastian Pinera, the highest polled with 20 percent of support. The center-right Pinera led the country from 2010 to 2014 and is the favorite to secure the opposition right-wing coalition ticket in November 2017.
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Chile-Support-For-Left-Wing-Candidate-Rises-Ahead-of-Election-20161103-0027.html
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