Marco Enriquez-Ominami
Understanding the Chilean Presidential Election
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and compare everything to California
People have long compared Chile with California, and for good reason. They are both (relatively) thin, long countries, with every climate imaginable just a few hours away or, to put it simply, where you can ski and surf in the same day. And though I’m especially partial to spicy East Asian food and the occasional (daily) burrito, neither one of which Chile really has in any great supply, its undeniable that the politics between the two areas bears more than a striking resemblance.
That’s right folks, today is Sunday, December 13, 2009: the day of the Chilean presidential election, when millions of Chileans will be streaming to the polls, against their greater apathetic inertia, to cast their vote for the man that will be leading Chile for the next four years. And while the matchup between Chile/California was more similar before Gavin “Golden Boy” Newsom dropped out of the governor’s race, here’s a quick rundown.
NEW POLL: PIÑERA AND FREI NECK-AND-NECK AMONG FEMALE VOTERS
Female voters are split practically evenly between the two leading presidential candidates, according to a new poll from human rights organization Corporación Humanas.
The poll, which was done face-to-face with 1,287 Chilean women, shows conservative candidate Sebastián Piñera slightly edging out center-left candidate Eduardo Frei, 38.1 percent to 36.9 percent, in a run-off contest. The survey has a 3.2 percent margin of error.
PIÑERA FACES FALLOUT AFTER BONUS PLEDGE
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
In a presidential race that is already testing the limits of campaign negativity, two of the leading candidates have found something new to criticize: Sebastián Piñera’s open “bribe” to the Chilean public, a promise to give CH$40,000 (US$75) to each of Chile’s low-income families if he wins the upcoming election.
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