Roberto Bacman: "There Are 8% of Buenos Aires Residents Who Haven't Made Their Opinion Clear and Are Either Undecided or Not Going to vote."

CNN Radio Argentina's Roberto Bacman, director of the Center for Public Opinion Studies (CEOP), spoke this Thursday on CNN Radio with Nacho Juliano and the Los Primeros de la Tarde team about the polls and the final stretch of the campaign ahead of this Sunday's legislative elections in the City of Buenos Aires. First, Bacman warned that "8% of Buenos Aires residents are undecided or won't vote at all. It's a complicated issue, especially given …

In the elections last Sunday, only 2 of the 4 provinces had a attendance above 60% of the registry, with sharp falls compared to the previous legislative ones. The shadow of absenteeism could also move to the City of Buenos Aires, which will vote next Sunday.

Political analyst Eduardo Ibarra warned that the Argentine electorate is mutating from active anger to disinterest, with levels of participation comparable to countries where voting is not mandatory. Read more

A study by the CICaD shows that the turnout to the polls has fallen steadily since 1983 and anticipates a scenario of normalization of elections with only 60% participation. Amid the debate on electoral participation in Argentina and four days after the election in the City of Buenos Aires, a report by the Research Center for Democratic Quality (CICaD) provides data to analyze a key question: are fewer people voting? The answer, based on empiric…