Weekly Report - 15 October 2015 (WR-15-41)

With under two weeks to go until polling day, the leading candidates in the Argentine presidential election are attempting to reach out beyond their core supporters. Daniel Scioli, the candidate of the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV) faction of the Partido Justicialista (PJ, Peronists), has been seeking to reassure Argentina’s business community in an attempt to gain enough support to win outright in the first round on 25 October. Meanwhile Mauricio Macri, from the centre-right opposition Cambiemos coalition, is attempting to reach out to non-Kirchnerista Peronists, while Sergio Massa, from Una Nueva Alternativa (UNA), is promoting a tough line on law and order issues in the hope of securing a place in a second round run-off.