By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda and Fabian Cambero
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s presidential election race is intensifying ahead of Sunday’s polarized runoff as ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast closes the gap from former leftist student leader Gabriel Boric as the two battle for essential ballots. moderate voters.
A private poll by consultancy Cadem, seen by Reuters, showed Kast with 36% of voting intentions, just three points behind Boric – half the difference seen at the end of last month, shortly after the first round of 21 November.
This would translate into a 52% to 48% victory for Boric after the elimination of invalid votes, with the same poll showing a 54% to 46% victory on 26 November. The poll of 1,000 people taken between Dec. 9 and 10 had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, Cadem said.
The smaller gap sets the stage for a disputed run-off, the first presidential vote since Chile was rocked by widespread protests against inequality that yielded months of marches and episodes of street violence two years ago.
“It’s a very uncertain election in a very abnormal year, it’s been two very abnormal years from social turmoil onwards, nothing is predictable”, said Kenneth Bunker, director of consultancy Tresquintos.
The vote divides Chileans between a revitalized progressive left, which has grown sharply since the 2019 protests, and a far-right countermovement that endorses Kast’s harsh message of law and order.
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