Argentines lined up to vote on Sunday in midterm primaries that represent a litmus test for the center-left Peronist government of President Alberto Fernandez as the COVID-19 pandemic and rising poverty have weakened its popularity.
Voting stations around the South American nation opened at 8 a.m. and will close at 6 p.m., with exit polls before official results start to come around 11 p.m. Pollsters expect the ruling party to suffer some losses.
"The balance of power could be redefined," said Shila Vilker, director of pollster Trespuntozero, adding that the main conservative opposition party Together for Change was knocking at the door. "The president needs to put on a good show." Many voters feel let down by the main political parties. A lengthy recession, rampant inflation and a poverty rate that has risen to 42% have hurt public support for the government, despite recent signs of an economic recovery and falling coronavirus cases.
"While there are many things to improve, the alternative that governed before made everything worse," Griselda Picone, 60, a housewife in the capital, said. She was voting for the ruling party despite concerns.The country's skittish financial markets, which collapsed after a presidential primary in 2019 showed Fernandez winning that year's election by a landslide, could rise if Sunday's vote goes against the ruling party.
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