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Weekly Report - 9 July 2015 (WR-15-27)
ARGENTINA: Opposition wins mask scale of challenge
Though the opposition chalked up significant victories in the elections in the city of Buenos Aires and the province of Córdoba over the weekend, there are still significant obstacles to an opposition win in the presidential race this October. Around 40% of the Argentine electorate has now voted at least once in 2015. By tallying all the votes together, around 3m ballots have so far been cast in favour of the government, while 2m have been cast against. The opposition is also divided and recent opinion polls, taken after the presidential candidates picked their running mates, showed Daniel Scioli, the candidate for the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV) faction of the Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists), starting to consolidate a lead.
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