Chile’s Presidential Polls Show Increasingly Polarized Race
- Cadem poll shows edge for Kast; Boric ahead in Criteria survey
- Fresh protest violence prompted scrutiny of leftist candidates
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Chilean presidential candidates from opposing ends of the political spectrum, Jose Antonio Kast and Gabriel Boric, are running neck and neck according to two polls released with less than a month left before the vote.
Kast had 23% of voter intentions in a Cadem poll published on Sunday, up from 21% in the previous week’s survey and compared with 20% for Boric, who was unchanged on the week before. A separate survey by Criteria and reported by local news outlet BioBio, showed Boric ahead with 30.8%, versus 27.7% for Kast. BioBio didn’t give details on the methodology.