Chilean Presidential Election 2017 (Piñera landslide, defeats Guillier with 54%)

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Current Radio Bio Bio projection:

Piñera: 54,70%
Guillier: 45,30%

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Current Radio Bio Bio projection:

Piñera: 54,70%
Guillier: 45,30%

That isn't even close. If this ends up being the margin, how much did Left turnout drop? Perhaps the NM-BF split truly did put off BF voters from Guillier...

It would have dropped by a LOT if that was the result, but then again, Piñera probably drew new voters as well, or voters who didn't vote in the first round to punish him or because they thought he was going to win anyway.

Go Piñera! We can win this!

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Seems clear to me those who claimed Bachelet's reforms had turned popular made that call a bit too early...

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With 25,96% of the vote:

SEBASTIAN PIÑERA ECHENIQUE   889.179   54,03%   
ALEJANDRO GUILLIER ALVAREZ   756.385   45,97%

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Would Sanchez have done better?

^ I'd be interested in an answer to this.

Unsure. On one hand, Sanchez would have energized her base a hell of a lot more, and probably would have brought new voters on board as well as the "voice of change", so to speak. On the other hand, there's the question of just how many of the more moderate Guillier voters would have also gone to her or would have found the Frente Amplio too left-wing for their taste (I'm talking particularly about the less ideological voters).

I have a hunch she might have had a decent shot, but I truly can't say.

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Didn't knew, that in Chile, the defeated candidate goes to the winning candidate HQ to congratulate him/her. Nice tradition. 

Easily one of the better parts of our system, candidates can get very harsh on their tone before the election, but they make an effort to cool things down on the very same election night and make gestures like that. Even our own politicians recognize that's a strong point to keep.

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Sebastian Piñera becomes the third most voted candidate in Chilean history, only surpassed by Eduardo Frei Ruiz Tagle in 1993 and Patricio Aylwin in 1989. This is all the more impressive because Piñera achieved this result with voluntary vote, and he already has more votes than Bachelet 2013.