translated from Spanish: Bolivia: Carlos Mesa would snatch the Presidency Evo Morales in second round

A survey published Wednesday by the newspaper page seven and conducted by the firm markets and samples says that the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, and the Carlos Mesa Uribe, are virtually tied in the intention n of voting for presidential elections next October. A possible, almost certain second round table obtained wide lead.
Morales, who rules the country since 2006, added the 31 per cent of the backrests, against 30 percent who arouses table, who ruled Bolivia between 2003 and 2005. This shows a change compared to the poll from December, when Morales (which runs in formula with his Vice-President, Álvaro García) got 30 percent, while table and his partner Gustavo Pedraza, there were 39 per cent.
For the communication Minister, Manuel Canelas, these results show that the campaign of Mesa, who has the backing of the Alliance Community citizen, has problems, as “Street is missing”, i.e. contact with the population, and even said last week that more It looked like “a kind of classic tourist package”. On the occasion, table defended themselves by saying that street was missing was to Morales, who “flies by helicopter all day”.
Table would win in second round to the other candidates not going so well. Third is opposition Sen. Óscar Ortiz (7 per cent); Fourth, the Uribe Social Democrat Jaime Paz Zamora (3 per cent); Fifth, the Governor of La Paz, Félix Patzi (2 per cent), and in sixth, the VicePresident and aymara Victor Hugo Cárdenas (2 per cent). The level of undecided reaches 25 percent, according to the survey.
According to the electoral law, if no candidate exceeds 50 percent more one votes or not there is a difference of 10 points between the first and second, are going to ballot between the top two. In that case, table would win with 46 percent of the vote, against 36 percent for Morales, although the percentage of undecided is still 18 per cent.

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