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Opinion polls anticipate a windfall re-election vote for Correa in Ecuador
Rafael Correa has 60.6% of vote intention ahead of the February Executive and Legislative elections, which virtually ensures his re-election. He is followed by runner up and banker Guillermo Lasso with only 11.2% according to the latest public opinion poll release from Perfiles de Opinion.
In an electoral process you can never give as a fact what polls show months or weeks ahead but currently the percentage support of Correa ensures his victory in the first round next February, said Paulina Recalde head of the polling company.
Presidential and legislative elections are scheduled for next 17 February and if no candidate manages 50% of the vote a run off takes place 7 April. The national opinion poll was completed before Christmas with a plus/minus 1.4 percentage point error margin.
Correas hard core vote in the ruling party Alianza Pais was 87% while for Lasso it reached 64% in his Creating Opportunities party, pointed out Recalde.
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(160,217 posts)Correa poised to win new term as Ecuador campaign begins
AFP Updated January 5, 2013, 10:07 am
QUITO (AFP) - Ecuador's election campaign kicked off on Friday with rallies for all eight presidential candidates -- with incumbent Rafael Correa enjoying a comfortable lead in polls ahead of the February 17 vote.
"Let's score another win for the citizen's revolution," Correa declared, in a speech launching his campaign before hundreds of supporters gathered at a market in Quito.
"If you can't give your support to an individual person, then you must support a project, a revolution," he shouted to a sea of supporters wearing green jerseys or waving flags.
The leftist leader of the ruling PAIS Alliance, in power since January 2007, is poised to win re-election, with an Opinion Profiles poll giving him 60.6 percent of the vote.
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