[Center-right party] takes off (even more) from the [Socialist party] in the final stretch

Sondagem Diaria ^ | 5/16/2025 | Judith Menezes e Sousa

[Redmen4ever]

In the last daily poll..., the [center-right] coalition leaves the [socialist party] at about eight points away and Chega registers the best result of the entire campaign.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chega; portugal; socialdemocrats; socialists

[Redmen4ever]

There will be three elections tomorrow: a snap election in Portugal (the subject of this news item), a run-off for President of Romania (I posted a news item about it yesterday), and a first-round for President of Poland.

The Portuguese snap election was called when the ruling minority center-right government lost a no-confidence vote. Polls indicate that the center-right coalition will easily finish first, but with less than a majority.

Chega, meaning Enough!, is a populist-right/quasi-libertarian party. Think of Javier Milei of Argentina. Chega looks to finish in third place, with more than enough votes to form a majority coalition with the center-right party. The big question is whether the center-right and the populist-right can work together. We will only find out in post-election negotiations.

[Greg123456]

The “center right” will probably form a coalition with the socialists, because in Europe center right means Rino.