Ecuador: Daniel Noboa widens the difference in voting intentions over Luisa González

The young businessman Daniel Noboafrom the ADN alliance, surpasses with 11.88 points in voting intentions Luisa Gonzálezof the Correísta Citizen Revolution movement aiming for the second round in Ecuadoraccording to the Comunicaliza survey, which in its previous survey reported a distance of 8.72 points.

According to research published this Saturday on their social networks, Spaniards Álvaro Marchantedirector of To communicatehighlighted that the new results widen the gap between the candidates because Noboa would obtain 55.94% and González 44.06%. “There are already 11.88 points in valid votes (9 in direct votes).”

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According to a previous survey carried out between Friday and Saturday, Noboa had 54.36% of voting intentions, while González accumulated 45.64%.

With 33.61% of the votes, González, from the political movement led by former president Rafael Correa (2007-2017), was the candidate with the most votes in the first round of elections, while Daniel Noboa, son of banana tycoon Álvaro Noboa, obtained 23.47% of the votes.

Luisa González from the ‘Citizen Revolution Movement’ and Daniel Noboa from ‘National Democratic Action’. | Composition: AP

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For Marchante, the debate in the second round of the presidential elections that Noboa and González will hold tomorrow, Sunday, is seen as a decisive episode in the race of both candidates to succeed the president. Guilherme Lasso.

Marchante recalled that the first round debate was essential for Noboa to increase his voting intentions and, in the end, be able to advance to the second round as the second most voted candidate.

Last Sunday the campaign officially began for the second round of the presidential elections in Ecuador, which will be held on October 15th, when more than 13.4 million Ecuadorians will be called to the polls.

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Whoever is elected on October 15th will replace Lasso until May 24th, 2025, when the current Government would have ended if the head of State had not opted for the so-called “cross death”.

Lasso took advantage of this constitutional measure last May, when he dissolved the National Assembly, with an opposition majority, at a time when his possible censure was being debated in a trial for alleged embezzlement (embezzlement), which he denied, and thus forced the call of extraordinary elections.

Source: Elcomercio