Venezuela Elections: Polls Do Not Give Maduro as Winner

This Sunday, July 28, the presidential elections will be held in Venezuela .

Among the candidates who will be presented at the competition, is the current president Nicolas Maduro who has been in power for 11 years .

If he were to win the elections, the representative of Chavismo would guarantee six more years in power .

On another side, The standard-bearer of the majority opposition is Edmundo Gonzalez former ambassador of his country to Algeria (1991-1993) and Argentina (1998-2002).

Gonzalez He joined the presidential race after being denied the candidacy Maria Corina Machado opposition leader who presented a very critical position towards the government.

In this way, took his place to compete in the process.

It is a political letter which, According to polls, he promises to defeat the ruling party .

Surveys such as ClearPath Strategies, Delphos, Consultores 21, More Consulting and ORC Consultores They agree that he could gain an advantage of more than 20 points over Maduro .

The latest from ClearPath Strategies states that 61% of opposition voters and independents cite Machado’s support for González as their primary reason for voting for him according to an article from La Tercera

It is assumed that there will be a voter turnout of 79% and that The opposition candidate would seal his victory with 57% of the vote while Maduro would reach 31%.

However, The ruling party refers to its own polls, which show the current president as the winner. .

In fact, his son Nicolás Maduro Guerra, who is a deputy in the National Assembly, commented on the diagnosis of his sector in conversation with The country .

According to him, “The analysis” they have is that González’s candidacy “is at a standstill” and that they have “a good time to win” .

“We are going to win a great victory” Maduro Moros’ son stressed: “We are counting on ourselves to win.”

Chilean international analyst Raúl Sohr explained in CNN Chile What is the scenario of this electoral process? which in Venezuela is described by some as “the day of destiny.”

“The investigations carried out in Venezuelan conditions are not necessarily reliable, but Many expect Edmundo Gonzalez to probably get the first majority “.

He nevertheless stressed that “It doesn’t stop there, because as we know, a state has a series of power structures that, let’s say, are not dissolved by the results of an election.” .

Regarding the situation of Machado – whom he called “by far the leader of the opposition” due to her great popularity – he said that Since they prevented her from being a candidate, “she had no choice but to choose someone who was, so to speak, ‘on screen’.” .

“Edmundo Gonzalez is going to run in Sunday’s elections, but everyone knows she’s pulling the strings behind it” Sohr said, a trend that is consistent with what was presented in the aforementioned ClearPath Strategies survey.