Soledad Alvear: "The poll is a warning for the DC"

SANTIAGO.-  The president of the Christian Democracy, Soledad Alvear, admitted today that the latest CEP poll (which indicates that Sebastián Piñera is currently leading the presidential race) is a warning for her party, saying that actions need to be taken more assertively to turn the figures around.

“This needs to be heeded as a warning.  Secondly, I have been through painful situations where I have had to make difficult decisions at a cost.  That is also a sign for the DC and we have to know how to listen to the polls”, the senator declared on Radio Cooperativa. 

In the poll results, Alvear reported a plunge of 6 percentage points (from 53% to 47%) in her approval rating, dropping her from first place to fifth place.  Additionally, she appears at number 8 on the voting intentions poll, with a preference rate of 8%, falling behind Sebasián Piñera, Ricardo Lags, and José Miguel Insulza and Joaquín Lavin.