CERC poll: Piñera would surpass Frei by 11% in second round of elections

SANTIAGO.- According to the latest poll taken by the Center for Contemporary Reality Studies (CERC), a potential difference of 11 percentage points could separate the candidate for the "Coalition for Change", Sebastián Piñera, and Concertación candidate Eduardo Frei during the second round of the presidential elections.

When asked the closed question regarding the possibility that neither of the candidates obtains absolute majority during the elections in December and the second round were to be between Piñera and Frei, 44% of interviewees indicated that they would vote for the former, while 33% opted for the DC senator.

According to the study, Piñera holds more support amongst those registered to vote than amongst those who are not, with figures of 47% and 32% respectively. Frei, on the other hand, holds a similar amount of support within both groups, 33% and 29% respectively.

When asked an open question regarding who they would like to become the next President of Chile, 39% of those polled indicated Piñera -a figure very similar to that obtained in the previous survey- and 23% indicated Frei, representing an increase of 14 points. Meanwhile, José Miguel Insulza, Joaquín Lavín, Marco Enríquez-Ominami, Alejandro Navarro, Adolfo Zaldívar and former President Ricardo Lagos total 1% of voter preference.