Gustavo Petro came out to speak at 6AM Hoy Por Hoy about the latest surveys and the growth of its campaign, as well as that of its competitors, mentioning that the distance is increasingly greater between the second.
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On the other hand, he mentioned that it is interesting to see that “In Internet indicators, Rodolfo Hernández is surpassing Federico Gutiérrez”.
In addition to this, the candidate said that the campaign “has been dirty” against him and France Marquez. Also, he mentioned racism and classism against her.
surveys
“After March 13 there are two surveys and the trend is that we grow, we are the only ones who grow. The distance with the second is getting higher, that is the number one rule that must be taken into account when analyzing the polls: the distance between the first and the second, which is getting bigger.
All the polls show the Uribista candidate, Federico Gutiérrez, in second place. This has its logic, it has the power of the Government and a part of the population that continues to support Uribe’s project. The one who appears to us as the third, and approaching the second, is Mr. Rodolfo Hernández. There is an interesting dispute there. Unfortunately, the fourth place is produced by a phenomenon of suicide and self-destruction, I hope that the Esperanza Center can be reborn, it was badly beaten by members of the Center itself. It is interesting to see that Mr. Rodolfo Hernández is sometimes above Uribe’s candidate; it is an indication of the internet.
According to the survey of the National Consulting Center, the same pollster, the greatest growth is in the first place and the distance with the second is increasing every time. The infographic may be poorly done and perhaps they are reactions from the networks to other covers, but the information is true. The trends say that, that we are growing and the distance with the second is wider in favor”.
criticism of surveys
“From pods they take me out on the cover of Semana, once they took me out as if I were an arsonist due to the social outbreak that Carrasquilla caused, they were already throwing the duck at me. What seems terrible to me is the insult to the statistics, because recognizing that the survey is well done, I don’t want to modify it, what the statistics say is that we have to look at the trend. If you have two polls, look what happened: if it grows, if it falls, if it stays the same… If you do that, the headline is completely different: the distance between the first and the second is getting bigger.”
Win in the first round
“Our goal is to win, it doesn’t matter if it’s in the first round. If we grow, we get closer. After March 13 we grew about 4.5. The first place is getting closer to 50%, but that depends on the population. The dirty campaign is very strong against me and against France, racist, classist, very harsh… They say that I am going to expropriate the taxi, the pensions; what I have proposed is that pensions grow with the minimum wage and not with inflation, I have proposed that the drivers own the taxis”.
alliances
“Colombian politics is assigned to machismo, the entire national culture, there are centuries and millennia of thinking in terms of the dominance of men over women. Changing that is not overnight, but it must be changed. We started conversations with him set of political and social forces in Colombia, there I proposed that the revitalization of peace and the idea of returning to a great peace could be the cement that could join diverse forces. For this reason we have been talking with various sectors, in a few minutes we achieved a convergence with part of the Green Party. We are close (tomorrow) to one that is going to give us something to talk about and that is going to give us a majority in the House of Representatives”