by Jake Welch, The National Pulse:
Populist outsider Javier Milei finished in second place behind left-wing establishment candidate Sergio Massa in the Argentinian general elections on Sunday afternoon, with the country now set for a run-off vote to determine the presidency in November.
Milei – a self-described “anarcho-capitalist” and admirer of former President Donald Trump – was the favorite going into the elections and was leading the polls for the past several months at around 35 percent compared to Massa’s sub-30 numbers. The elections themselves appeared to reverse the polling predictions, however, with Massa receiving 36.6 percent support and Milei receiving 29.9 percent.
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Despite receiving less support than anticipated, Milei told voters to celebrate the vote, explaining, “Today is a historic day because two-thirds of Argentinians voted for change.”
Milei, who unexpectedly triumphed in the national primaries in August this year, is running a strongly anti-establishment campaign in which he promises “an end to the parasitic, corrupt, and useless political caste that exists in [Argentina].” His libertarian, free-market economics proved especially popular with young voters amid Argentina’s ongoing economic crisis, with annual inflation soaring to 140 percent and the current poverty rate above 40 percent.
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