Voter support for former head of state Daniel Ortega increased last month in Nicaragua, according to a poll by Borge y Asociados. 30.1 per cent of respondents would back the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) member in this year’s presidential election.

Eduardo Montealegre of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance – Conservative Party (ALN-PC) is second with 24.4 per cent, followed by Jose Rizo of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC) with 21.6 per cent, Herty Lewites of the Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) with 17.3 per cent, and Eden Pastora of Christian Alternative (AC) with one per cent.

The survey was completed before the death of Lewites on Jul. 2. The MRS has announced that economist Edmundo Jarquin would be its new presidential candidate, with singer-songwriter Carlos Mejia Godoy as his running mate.
angus-reid.com

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