US EditionChile Runoff to Pit Communist Candidate Against Far-Right
The runoff between Communist Jeannette Jara and far-right José Antonio Kast follows a polarized first round with nearly 70% voting right-of-center, amid concerns over crime and immigration.
- On Sunday, Chile's first‑round vote produced no outright winner, sending the presidential election to a December run‑off between Jeannette Jara, Communist Party candidate, and far‑right candidate José Antonio Kast.
- A divided right‑wing field helped shape the outcome, as several right‑wing candidates split conservative support and automatic voter registration and compulsory voting changed turnout.
- José Antonio Kast presents himself with hardline immigration and security plans, including a `border wall`, deportations, and new prisons, while Jara, a Communist Party member and former minister, proposes boosting lithium, raising wages, and deploying the army to borders.
- The outcome could directly affect at least 330,000 undocumented migrants, with the National Migration Service reaching more than 1.9 million people, as Chilean voters face the decisive run‑off.
- Chile's growing foreign population has made migration central to the contest, as the runoff’s ideological clash on immigration and security could reshape Chile’s appeal to migrants and its policies.
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With 100% of the vote cast in the first round of this Sunday's presidential election, Jara gets 26.8% of the vote and Kast gets 23.9%
The conservative José Antonio Kast will face Jeannette Jara in the second round. He is preferred. The general elections (presidential, legislative and senatorial) held on Sunday 16 November in Chile confirmed a sharp shift to the right, even to the far right, of South America. Unless very unlikely to reverse the electorate, the candidate of the latter, José Antonio Kast, 59 years old lawyer, is in "pole position" to win in the second round of th…
Chile’s next president will either be from the far right or the far left. Washington should watch closely.
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Chile Faces Close Presidential Race Between a Communist and a Pro-Trump Conservative - The Thinking Conservative News
Chile is facing a presidential run-off between a member of the Communist Party and a conservative candidate. The post Chile Faces Close Presidential Race Between a Communist and a Pro-Trump Conservative appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
Chile picks leftist, far-right candidates for runoff vote
What happenedChilean voters Sunday set the stage for a presidential runoff election between Jeannette Jara, a progressive former labor minister from President Gabriel Boric’s governing coalition, and far-right former congressman José Antonio Kast. Jara came out ahead in Sunday’s first round, with about 27% of the vote to Kast’s 24%. But Kast was one of four right-wing candidates who collectively won about 70%, making him the frontrunner in next …
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