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Colombia election campaigns end: Santos and Zuluaga tie in latest poll
http://colombiareports.co/colombia-election-campaign-ends-santos-zuluaga-tie-poll/One week before Colombia’s presidential election as the campaigns close, front runners President Juan Manuel Santos and former Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga couldn’t be closer to a photo finish than they are now.
In the last Ipsos Napoleon Franco poll before the elections, Zuluaga overtook Santos as the leader in the race, gathering the virtual support of 29.5% of polled Colombians, one percentage point more than his rival.
Other candidates appeared to have lost the opportunity to close the gap with Santos and Zuluaga who have dominated the news over a number of major scandals that marred their campaigns but effectively consolidated their lead over leftist candidate Clara Lopez (10.1%), Conservative Marta Lucia Ramirez (9.7%) and Enrique Peñalosa (9.4%).
According to Ipsos, 12.8% of the polled electorate will cast a blank vote.
