A new Mori poll just came out today in El Deber. The poll’s interesting, even if it doesn’t tell us much about voter intent (it was a poll asking respondents to rate tickets on a good/regular/bad three-point scale).

I was asked to comment on Bolivia’s upcoming election for the Inter-American Dialogue’s weekly newsletter, The Latin American Advisor, which has a regular Q&A feature. This week’s question was: “Is Bolivia’s President Evo Morale a Shoo-In for Re-Election?” You can read the issue here.

The deadline for parties/candidates to register for Bolivia’s upcoming election is today. That means we’ll start having more election news in the next three months. I thought a brief preview was in order, and I’ve compiled some public opinion polls.

Yesterday’s La Razón had an interesting note about a new electoral coalition set to enter December’s presidential/legislative election in Bolivia. This one challenges Evo from his indigenous-left flank.

Bolivia’s presidential election campaign crazyness hit full stride yesterday. The biggest news, of course, was that Manfred Reyes Villa (the ex-prefect of Cochabamba) has picked his running mate: Leopoldo Fernánez (the ex-prefect of Pando). More on that head scratcher in a moment. The other news is perhaps less interesting, but adds to the drama: René Joaquino (mayor of Potosí) picked his running mate (an Evangelical pastor from Santa Cruz); Jimena Costa (the TV pundit) w/drew from the presidential contest (was she ever really in it?); and Felipe Quispe & Roman Loayza turn down Evo’s invitation to join the MAS campaign.