Chinchilla's Widely Popular Candidate in
Costa Rica
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Former
vice-president Laura Chinchilla is widely
popular in the early stages of Costa Rica’s
presidential race, according to a poll by
CID-Gallup. 43 per cent of respondents would
vote for Chinchilla of the National
Liberation Party (PLN) in next year’s
election.
Former economy minister Ottón Solís of the
Citizens Action Party (PAC) is second with
26 per cent, followed by Otto Guevara of the
Libertarian Movement (ML) with eight per
cent, and former president Rafael Ángel
Calderón of the Social-Christian Unity Party
(PUSC) with six per cent.
The PLN’s Óscar Arias won the February 2006
presidential election with 40.92 per cent of
all cast ballots. Solís finished in second
place with 39.80 per cent. Arias headed the
government from 1986 to 1990, and was able
to run again after the Costa Rican
Legislative Assembly opted to bring back
presidential re-election in 2003. He was
sworn in for the second time in May 2006.
In June, Chinchilla won the PLN’s nomination
in the party’s convention, defeating San
José mayor Johnny Araya Monge. Chinchilla
vowed to represent "continuity," adding,
"The best thing that can happen to us is to
consolidate the work of Mr. Óscar [Arias]."
The next presidential election in Costa Rica
is scheduled for Feb. 4, 2010.
Polling Data
Which of these candidates would you vote for
in the 2010 presidential election?
Laura Chinchilla (PLN) - 43%
Ottón Solís (PAC) - 26%
Otto Guevara (ML) - 8%
Rafael Ángel Calderón (PUSC) - 6%
Other / None / Not sure - 17%
Source: CID-Gallup
Methodology: Interviews with 1,234 Costa
Rican adults, conducted from Aug. 5 to Aug.
14, 2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
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