Argentina's Peronists are likely to suffer a major blow in midterm legislative elections, polls ahead of the Nov. 14 vote show, which could erase the ruling party's Senate majority as well as its strong position in the lower Chamber of Deputies.
By Eliana Raszewski BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina s Peronists are likely to suffer a major blow in midterm legislative elections, polls ahead of the Nov. 14 vote show, which could erase the ruling party s Senate majority as well as its strong position in the lower Chamber of Deputies. The majority of surveys show the party of President Alberto Fernandez trailing by over 8 points behind the conservative opposition coalition Together for Change, with defeats likely in the populous city and province of Buenos Aires. Defeat for the Peronists would be a hammer blow for Fernandez s reform plans in the second half of his term. It would likely embolden more radical factions in his party while forcing him to concede ground to the conservative right. The party suffered a stinging loss in a September primary election, seen as a dry run for the November vote, which sparked a Cabinet reshuffle and a raft of spending measures to win back voters hit hard by the pandemic and years of economic dec
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Peronists are likely to suffer a major blow in midterm legislative elections, polls ahead of the Nov. 14 vote show, which could erase the ruling party's Senate majority as well as its strong position in the lower Chamber of Deputies.