(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Most people in Argentina think former president Néstor Kirchner—also the husband of current president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner—will run for office in the 2011 election, according to a poll by Poliarquía Consultores. 54 per cent of respondents expect Kirchner to be the ruling party’s candidate.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Most people in Argentina think former president Néstor Kirchner—also the husband of current president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner—will run for office in the 2011 election, according to a poll by Poliarquía Consultores. 54 per cent of respondents expect Kirchner to be the ruling party’s candidate.
Conversely, 32 per cent of respondents think Fernández de Kirchner will seek her re-election.
In October 2007, Fernández de Kirchner won the presidential election with 44.9 per cent of the vote as the candidate for the Front for Victory (FV). In December, Mrs. Kirchner succeeded her husband as Argentina’s head of state. The outgoing president was praised for fostering an economic recovery after a major crisis in 2002. Fernández de Kirchner vowed to address poverty and carry on with her husband’s fiscal policies.
The FV has not confirmed whether Cristina or Néstor will run for office in the 2011 presidential election.
Earlier this month, former president Kirchner commented on the possibility of him or his wife being becoming the FV candidate next year, declaring, "There may be penguin, female penguin."
Polling Data
Who do you think will be the ruling party’s candidate in the 2011 presidential election?
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Néstor Kirchner
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54%
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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32%
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Not sure
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14%
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Source: Poliarquía Consultores
Methodology: Interviews with 1,000 Argentine adults, conducted from Aug. 4 to Aug. 13, 2010. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.
