Communist Contender Vaults Atop New Chile Presidential Poll
Philip Sanders, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) -- Communist Party hopeful Daniel Jadue has jumped to the top of the latest opinion poll ahead of Chileâs presidential election in November.
About 20% of the people interviewed by Cadem would vote for Jadue, currently the mayor of the Recoleta neighborhood in Santiago, if the election was held this weekend, up from 11% at the end of April. He leaped above right-wing contender Joaquin Lavin, who saw his support rise to 16% from 10%.
The presidential race in Chile, which has the highest credit rating in Latin America, is wide open after elections earlier this month saw a slump in support for parties that have dominated government for the past 30 years. Independents and smaller parties on the far left faired better, leaving a deeply fractured political scene following a wave of protests in late 2019 against inequality.