translated from Spanish: Poll shows fall of favorite candidate Castle and Rise of Fujimori

A new poll showed this Sunday the fall of presidential candidate Pedro Castillo to 36.2% of voting intention and the 30% increase in favor of postulant Keiko Fujimori, with a view to the presidential second round in Peru.
The survey of the Institute of Peruvian Studies (IEP) revealed that the intention to vote in favor of leftist Castillo lost five percentage points in May, compared to the previous month and after the debate he proposed to his rival in the city of Chota.
Meanwhile, right-wing Fujimori rose 8.5 percentage points in May, having added support from other conservative parties and resuming an intense campaign agenda.
The percentage of undecided people has also dropped this month to 8.6%, five points less since April, but the percentage of voters who will vote blank or flawed remains at 21%, according to the survey published by the newspaper La República.
Blank or flawed voters are mainly in the age group between the ages of 18 and 24 (28.9%) 25 to 39 years old (26.7%) and also in the average socio-economic sector with 24.8%.
The regions that support Castle mostly are the south with 45.9% and the Amazonian East at 42.3%, while Fujimori is followed in Lima by 41.7%, the region and city that concentrates one-third of the national electorate.
With regard to the first debate they had in the city of Chota, Master Castillo’s home region, 41% say that the Candidate of Popular Force won that presentation, against 37% who argues that the postulant of Peru Libre did so.
On whom he presented the best proposals, both candidates are equal in 39%, but 44% say Castillo offers them more confidence.
Former President Alberto Fujimori’s daughter (1990-2000) may be a better pandemic manager for 47% and also in overcoming the economic crisis (46%), whereo as Castillo is considered a better choice in anti-corruption (58%) and advancing education (56%).
The IEP survey was applied between May 3 and 6 to a sample of 1,218 people nationwide, with a margin of error of 2.8% and a 95% confidence level.

Original source in Spanish

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