Leftist Boric Tops Polls for Chile Presidential Runoff Vote
- Local assets including peso, stock market dropped after polls
- Voters will cast their ballots in Dec. 19 runoff vote
Gabriel Boric
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Chile’s leftist candidate Gabriel Boric topped the first presidential polls following last week’s vote that set the stage for the country’s most divisive runoff since its return to democracy three decades ago.
Boric got 39% of voter intention, same percentage as last week, according to a Cadem survey published late on Sunday. The conservative candidate Jose Antonio Kast garnered 33%, down from 39% previously, while 28% of respondents said they were undecided.