Polls for Chile's presidential election

Authors:
José Alberto López Rafaschieri and Luis Alberto López Rafaschieri
www.morochos.net

On December 13, there will be held the first round of elections to choose who will become the next president of Chile. An election where Sebastian Piñera apparently has a comfortable lead.

This is reflected in the latest survey, conducted by Universidad del Desarrollo, in which appears Sebastián Piñera with 38% of Chileans' voting intention. He is followed by Eduardo Frei with 23% and Marco Enriquez-Ominami with 20%. This study was made on November 18 and has a margin of error of 3.2%.

Assuming these results, it would mean that Chile will be another place lost by the leftist movement in Latin America -independently of how radical or moderate they are-. Something that would be very positive for democracy in the region because, lamentably, many centrist leftist leaders have served to support the extremist project that promote Hugo Chávez and his allies in the area. For an example, we can consider how the presidency of Lula in Brazil, or the Insulza's role in the OAS, have always been backing the abuses of Chavez against Venezuela's democracy.

Update -december, 16- Polls for the second round election: Piñera 49%, Frei 32%. Margin of error 3%. Source: CERC.

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