The presidential race in Panama for the 2019-2024 term is led by Laurentino Cortizo, from the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), with 51 percent of vote intentions, according to a poll published by the company StratMark Consultores, S.A. on Tuesday.
Six weeks before the elections, the only pollster that has published its surveys so far gave the PRD candidate an advantage that doubles the popularity of Romulo Roux, from Democratic Change, who is in the second place with 23.1 percent of vote intention.
Roux is followed by Jose Isabel Blandon (9.1), from the ruling Panameñista Party, who is escorted by the independent candidates Ana Matilde Gomez (7.9) and Ricardo Lombana (5.3), Saul Mendez (1.3), from the Broad Front for Democracy (FAD), and Marco Ameglio (1.0), who is also an independent candidate.