Argentine ruling party extends presidential vote lead - poll

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/110839077

You may have noticed that when the big news sites cite Argentine polls, it's almost always Management & Fit. There's a reason for this, of course: M&F is a pollster known for its anti-Kirchner bias and its cozy relationship with both the local right-wing media (particularly Clarín - the Fox News of Argentina) and the U.S. Embassy.

At the height of the 2011 presidential race, for example, M&F put Cristina Kirchner's Front for Victory at 33% when all other pollsters were putting them at 45-53%. And sure enough, M&F's 33% was, despite being the clear outlier, loudly touted not only by the big local media outlets (all right-wing) but also by most U.S. and British news sites.

Mrs. Kirchner, as almost all other pollsters had predicted, won with 54% of the vote. And management, had a fit.

In all fairness, M&F has improved quite a bit since their 2011 fiasco; their polls this time around are consistent with the others.

Here's a sampling of the latest polls:

M&F:______Scioli___38.6%__Macri___27.9%__Massa__21.5%
CEOP:_____Scioli___41.6%__Macri___29.2%__Massa__20.3%
Analogías:__Scioli___39.9%__Macri___28.1%__Massa__20.0%
Polldata:___Scioli___38.9%__Macri___27.8%__Massa__23.6%
G & V:_____Scioli___38.7%__Macri___26.3%__Massa__24.9%
Haime:____Scioli___40.5%__Macri___30.2%__Massa__15.7%
Rouvier:___Scioli___41.2%__Macri___31.1%__Massa__20.0%
Aresco:____Scioli___41.4%__Macri___28.5%__Massa__21.0%