There has been a new poll release by the independent AP that has seen an increase in the rate of people voting for arena. Word has it that people here are afraid to vote any other way then what there employer tells them. Are the Salvadoran people being cohersed ? Or is this there idea of free expression? or freedom to vote in the election as long as they vote the correct way to keep their job? After Mario Funes had a substantial lead in the recent polls why is this now virtual?
El Salvador’s presidential race has tightened, with the leading candidates in a virtual tie and likely facing a runoff election, according to a poll released Friday.
Mauricio Funes, a TV journalist who would become the first leftist president of El Salvador since the country’s bloody civil war, had about 50 percent support in other previous polls. Now he has 38 percent, compared to 35 percent for Rodrigo Avila of the ruling conservative Arena party, according to Consulta Mitofsky.
The survey had a margin of error of 2 percentage points, meaning it is possible that Funes could be trailing slightly.
Funes represents the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, a guerrilla group-turned-political party.
Other respondents preferred different candidates, were undecided or declined to say how they would vote on March 15.
Consulta Mitofsky, an independent pollster based in Mexico, questioned 1,200 likely voters face to face from Jan. 23-25 in 60 of El Salvador’s 262 municipalities.
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that’s often the case between two very strong political parties, it happens not only there, but also in different countries. is it true that there are many el salvadorans who had emigrated to long islands? … just an extra question… thanks
there are many salvadorans all around the US some estimate it to be as high as 2 million