The electoral panorama does not bring the best news for the National Party With three months to go until the October general elections: the first surveys After the primaries, there was a drop of between 6% and 8% in voting intention for the formula made up of Alvaro Delgado and Valeria Ripoll, But for the former Secretary of the Presidency it was not due to his choice of vice-presidential candidate, but to the repercussions of the case of the overtime in Artigas.
He National Party has been plagued by various scandals, but until now these had not had a significant impact on the voting intention of its electorate. However, the first poll of Consultants Option showed a drop from 28% to 20% in voters’ preference for the white list; while that of the consulting firm Figure registered a fall from 33% to 27%, with a difference of six points.
“The internal elections have just ended and now another stage begins, which is very different from everything before. Now it is no longer a candidate that is defined, but rather what direction the candidate will take.” Uruguay, Now a process begins where people are going to buy candidates, if they are prepared or not, if there is a team and if they are prepared. These instances are generating that opinion that people are forming to make a decision,” he considered. Slim, in this regard, at a press conference.
Asked specifically about the drop in intention to nationalist vote, The presidential candidate said that he does not believe that it is due to the choice of Ripoll as his running mate – a decision that took a good part of the party and the electorate by surprise and that was not even well received by many people – but to the repercussions of the most recent controversy in the party involving the former mayor of Artigas, Pablo Caram.
“I am convinced that it has nothing to do with that. I think it has to do with some other noises that there were, such as possibly the Artigas issue,” he insisted.
“Some points that went down the National Party They went to the undecided stage in the first instance, which is the previous stage. Now the campaign begins, the adrenaline starts to flow, and people come together to make a decision about the future of the Uruguay and much more than five years ahead: it is going back with uncertainty to what the Broad Front can do or a path of development and certainties,” he said. Slim on his own reading of the poll results.
“I think these are moments, photos from today, that will not be the photo of tomorrow or the movie of the election,” he added.
The Broad Front leads the voting intention
He Broad Front (FA) leads the voting intention for the general elections in October, while the Colorado Party (PC) headed by Andres Ojeda narrowed the percentage gap with the National Party (PN).
According to the latest survey by Opción Consultores, the left-wing coalition has 42% of the support among Uruguayan voters, while the parties that make up the so-called Multicolor Coalition add up to 39%.
In the breakdown, in addition to the 42% of the FA, which remains stable compared to the second quarter, the PN plummeted from 28% to 20% in voting intention, while the PC jumped from 7% to 13%, capitalizing on the nationalist loss. For its part, Town meeting (AC) also grew from 3% to 4%, although this represents a historic low for the young political force.
On the other hand, the Independent Party (PI), lead by Pablo Mieres adds 2% of the adhesions, Intransigent Radical Ecologist Party (PERI) the 1%, the new party of the lawyer Gustavo Salle, Sovereign Identity1%.
Source: Ambito
