(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The leftist Progressive Encounter – Broad Front (EP-FA) is holding on to the top spot in Uruguay, according to a poll by Cifra. 45 per cent of respondents would support the governing EP-FA in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The leftist Progressive Encounter – Broad Front (EP-FA) is holding on to the top spot in Uruguay, according to a poll by Cifra. 45 per cent of respondents would support the governing EP-FA in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
The conservative National Party-Whites (PN-B) is second with 35 per cent, followed by the Red Party (PC) with seven per cent, and the Independent Party (PI) with two per cent. 11 per cent of respondents remain undecided or will cast a blank ballot.
Tabaré Vázquez—nominee for the EP-FA—won the October 2004 election with 50.45 per cent of the vote, becoming the first Uruguayan president to represent a political organization other than the PC and the PN-B.
The president officially took over in March 2005, and began his government with majorities in the Chamber of Deputies—with 52 lawmakers in the 99-seat lower house—and the Chamber of Senators—with 18 legislators in the 31-seat upper house.
Vázquez is barred by the constitution from seeking a second consecutive term. Senator José Mujica and former economy minister Danilo Astori are running in the primaries to seek the EP-FA’s presidential nomination.
Former president Luis Alberto Lacalle—who governed from March 1990 to March 1995—is seeking the PN-B’s presidential nomination. On Apr. 17, Lacalle criticized the current government, saying, "Ours is a vision of integration, and theirs is based on division. We disagree on values such as family, property, freedom of information, and security."
Polling Data
If the presidential and parliamentary elections took place this Sunday, which party would you vote for?
|
Apr. 2009 |
Jul. 2008 |
|
|
Progressive Encounter – Broad Front (EP-FA) |
45% |
42% |
|
National Party-Whites (PN-B) |
35% |
35% |
|
Red Party (PC) |
7% |
7% |
|
Independent Party (PI) |
2% |
1% |
|
Blank ballot / Undecided |
11% |
15% |
Source: Cifra
Methodology: Interviews with 1,003 Uruguayan adults, conducted in April 2009. Margin of error is 3.3 per cent.
