“Voto-finish”?

COLOMBIA - Report 12 Jun 2014 by Veronica Navas and Andres Escobar

The presidential race in Colombia is so close that the most frequent adjective used to describe it is “voto-finish.” There are polls supporting a likely win for either of the two candidates. The crucial issues since the first round have been:1.Support from losing first-round candidates to the remaining candidates: The conservative Ramirez votes to Zuluaga (a poll estimated that 53% of its voters could go to Zuluaga, and 27% to Santos); Lopez announced her support for Santos (her voters could split 63% to Santos, 24% to Zuluaga); and Peñalosa (54% to Santos, 19% to Zuluaga); blank votes (25%...

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