Poll That Called Argentina First Round Sees Macri Runoff Victory
- Macri has 7.7 percentage-point lead over Scioli ahead of vote
- Among 11 percent undecided voters, Macri has better image
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The only pollster to accurately predict the outcome of the first round of Argentina’s elections is now auguring a comfortable victory for the opposition’s Mauricio Macri in Sunday’s runoff vote.
Macri, who is vowing to dismantle President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner’s economic model of currency controls and trade protectionism, has 47 percent of intended votes against 39.3 percent for the ruling party’s Daniel Scioli, who advocates making slower and fewer changes. After projecting the 11 percent of voters who remain undecided, Macri’s lead rises to 8.8 percent, with Elypsis expecting him to capture 54.4 percent versus 45.6 percent for Scioli.