Poll gives Chavez over twice support of vote rival (Reuters)

[Up2Late]

Poll gives Chavez over twice support of vote rival

Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:13pm ET163

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has more than twice the support of his challenger as he seeks a big re-election win on December 3, a poll said on Tuesday.

The Center for Political and Social Studies, a Spanish group that commissioned a poll by Madrid's Complutense University, pegged support for Chavez at 57.8 percent.

His rival, Manuel Rosales, won only 26.9 percent backing, according the survey of 2,964 people taken between October 26 and November 1 and the margin of error was 2.4 percentage points.

The result is in line with most other surveys that have given Chavez a lead of between 18 and 35 points. Chavez has maintained his popularity by spending his country's oil income on schools and clinics for the country's long-neglected poor.

(more at link) <http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-11-14T234813Z_01_N14337273_RTRUKOC_0_US-VENEZUELA-POLL.xml>

[LynnTheDem]

1. He's done WHAT with OUR OIL??!!!

Well bloody 'ell, time to invade his ass!

(my "MFing stupid rightwingnut" impersonation...did I fool ya?!) :rofl:

[Up2Late]

2. LOL! I know you too well to think you were serious...

...good impersonation though.
ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! Beep! Beep! Ford Bronco Comin' Through!

[LynnTheDem]

4. Just smack me tho if I ever get too good at it!

I might freeze that way & be stuck the rest of my life as a rightwingnut.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

[bobbie]

6. Hee hee, that's probably exactly what the BFEE is thinking.

How dare he defy the Empire!

[citizen snips]

3. its democracy folks

The majority supports Chavez

[bobbie]

7. Yes. This I What Democracy Looks Like!

No wonder if looks so alien to Americans.

[antiimperialist]

5. Kansas City Star: Venezuela riding wave of prosperity

Venezuelans are flush with cash.http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/15999759.htm

[Vidar]

8. Viva Chavez!

[EFerrari]

9. I wonder if they need teachers in Caracas. Or, drywall hangers.

Or, dog walkers. What do they need in Caracas?

:)

[Pastiche423]

10. "What do they need in Caracas?"

Me!

VIVA CHAVEZ!

[Flanker]

12. You could also visit the country... as a matter of fact I might start a thread on the travel forum

nm

[EFerrari]

14. There's something so attractive about the whole project.

It would be an amazing place to be, to see in action. :)

[Peace Patriot]

11. Yeah, but, "according to his critics, he is increasingly authoritarian"--AP, NYT,

WSJ, NBC, ABC, CNN, CBS, LAT, Faux New, Mud (Clear) Channel, Timenewseekusnews&worldreport......

Cardinal Castillo Lara said so! And HE got kick out of the Vatican finance office in the fascist banking scandals of the '80s, so HE knows something about "authoritarianism"!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[meganmonkey]

13. That's the problem with democracy

If everyone actually gets a vote, the capitalist-globalist greedy fucks can't get their way :)

The next step is to figure out how to make that work in the US :freak:

[classysassy]

15. "The gunboats are comming"

Watch your back Hugo,Shrub proberly will send in the marines to restore law and order.