Polls for Honduras' presidential election

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

A general election is scheduled, on 29 November, in order to give solution to the political crisis in Honduras. There, the main competitors are Porfirio Lobo Sosa -from the National Party- and Elvin Santos – from the Liberal Party-.

According to a Gallup poll made from 13 to 19 October, 37% of Hondurans favors Porfirio Lobo Sosa, 21% Elvin Santos, and 35% are undecided. Margin of error 2.8%.

It is striking that, according to this survey, the Liberal Party will be punished by the Honduran electorate. Something that is not surprising in the sense that: 1) a representative of that party, Manuel Zelaya, was the one who caused the political crisis by violating the Honduran constitution, and 2) Roberto Micheletti -also from the Liberal Party- was among the main protagonists in the coup against Zelaya.

So, we can just wait for election day to see if the 35% of undecided voters, that shows the survey, will choose one of the leading candidates or simply will not go to vote.

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