US EditionChile votes in presidential race expected to lurch country to the right
- On December 14, Chileans will vote in a runoff that Reuters says could produce the sharpest rightward shift since 1990, with nearly 15.6 million registered voters set to cast ballots.
- Rising crime and migration have pushed the campaign's focus as organised crime and immigration rattled voters, forcing Jeannette Jara to adjust and boosting Jose Antonio Kast amid President Gabriel Boric's low approval.
- In the first round, Jeannette Jara led with 26.85% while Jose Antonio Kast took 23.92% under new mandatory voting with automatic registration and fines; about 20% remain undecided or planning blank ballots.
- Investors welcomed the first-round outcome, pushing markets higher as the Chilean peso strengthened and MSCI’s Chile equity benchmark surged last month, though Jose Antonio Kast's Republican Party lacks a congressional majority.
- Kast's proposed policies include $6 billion in cuts, deporting over 300,000 immigrants, and expanded army powers, while he dodged a December 3 question on pardoning Miguel Krassnoff.
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The polls opened throughout the country in an election marked by the campaign tension and the weight of immigration control and organized crime in the public debate
Chileans voting for president are choosing between starkly different candidates: a lifelong communist or the far-right son of a former Nazi
Chileans head to the polls on Sunday, and an arch-conservative pledging mass migrant expulsions is strongly favored over his leftist opponent. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source The post Chileans voting for president are choosing between starkly different candidates: a lifelong communist or the far-right son of a former Nazi appeared first on RocketNews.
A total of 3,379 polling stations opened their doors this Sunday for the second round of the presidential elections in Chile
A total of 3,379 polling stations with 40,473 polling stations opened this Sunday to start the presidential runoff elections in Chile, in which the successor of progressive Gabriel Boric will be chosen.
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