Whether the mob chant was “el que no salta es paco”, or as others state, “el que no salta es facho” , it demonstrates that the hardline anarcho-commies remain true to form.
Although Jara tried to downplay the situation, as they say "dime con quién andas, y te diré quién eres". Maybe it will help persuade some floating voters to consider the other presidential candidates, even if they just regard them as lesser evils.
I think Jara is heading into the election in a very bad position. On the one hand, anti-communism is very strong in Chile, so she has been forced to shift her discourse to the right to appear “moderate,” but that costs her votes from her own sector. I think she has a very low probability of winning because part of the hard-left vote will go to Artes.
It doesn’t matter. The last CADEM poll had her at 27% with Mayne-Nicholls at 4%, Artés and Ominami at 1% apiece and the Don’t Knows/Will nots at 9%. So, assuming all those votes swing to her in the run-off and ALL of the Don’t Know/Will Nots did too, that only gets her to 42%.
I’m gonna put my balls on the block here and now and say Kast is gonna win the run-off with 58% of the vote.
You wouldn’t win any money on that bet, the Bookies see Kast as the favourite
Well, I don’t engage in betting but my balls were not up for offer on a Kast win. That goes without saying. My balls are up for offer on the spread.
She’s a terrible candidate. My theory is that a lot of people who voted for her in the primary did so, not because they liked her, but to block Tohá, who was seen as more palatable.
She’s just so fake, I don’t believe any of her stories she tells about living in a toma, working in the fields, etc. The whole thing about how she would consider leaving the Communist Party if elected is ridiculous. She’s been involved in the party since she was a teen. Does she think people are that stupid? I’m no Boriclover, but it’s kind of crappy of her to try to distance herself from him when she likely wouldn’t have been a candidate if she hadn’t been his minister.
