El Salvador: Leftist Funes Leads, Conservative Avila Gains

Which candidate would you vote for in the next presidential election?

	Oct. 2008	Jul. 2008	Jun. 2008
Mauricio Funes (FMLN)	41.5%	37.6%	37.5%
Rodrigo Ávila (ARENA)	37.8%	30.5%	23.2%
Other candidates	--	0.4%	0.8%
Undecided	20.7%	31.6%	38.5%

Source: Borge & Asociados / El Diario de Hoy
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Salvadoran adults, conducted from Oct. 15 to Oct. 26, 2008. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.

El Salvador: Funes 37.5, Avila 23.2

Which candidate would you vote for in the next presidential election?

	Jun. 2008	Apr. 2008
Mauricio Funes (FMLN)	37.5%	26.8%
Rodrigo Ávila (ARENA)	23.2%	19.7%
Other candidates	0.8%	--
Wilfredo Salgado (PCN)	--	0.7%
Other / Undecided	38.5%	51.5%

Source: Borge & Asociados / El Diario de Hoy
Methodology: Interviews with 1,000 Salvadoran adults, conducted from Jun. 16 to Jun. 23, 2008. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.