A recent survey conducted by Datexco found that a majority of respondents would vote for socialist candidate Gustavo Petro as Bogota’s mayor in the upcoming election for mayor of Bogota.
The survey, which was financed by news sources El Tiempo and W Radio, questioned 700 Bogota residents by telephone. 16.9% of the respondents said that they would vote for Gustavo Petro. There was a 3.78% margin of error in the poll.
The spread between Green Party candidate Enrique Penalosa and Gustavo Petro was only 1.3%. Election poll predictions have fluctuated recently between the two candidates.
Former Colombian President Uribe, who requested to no be included in the survey conducted by Datexco, was predicted to be in 3rd place, with 12.5% of the respondents voting in his favor.