Government-candidate Juan Manuel Santos received the support of 66.5% of people surveyed on who they would vote for in the June 20 runoff of Colombia’s presidential elections. His opponent Antanas Mockus received 27.4% of the interviewees’ support.
The latest poll, organized by several of the country’s national media, shows a slight expansion of Santos’ lead compared to a poll held last week and a major difference compared to polls held before the first round of the elections when three out of four pollsters estimated Mockus had most chances in the second round.
The two presidential hopefuls met on Thursday, ten days before the elections, for a debate organized by El Tiempo, Colombia’s leading newspaper with ties to the Santos family.