Did Y'all know that Hugo Chavez is up for reelection in his country soon?

Angus Reid Global Scan : Polls & Research 9/22/06
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13230

Chávez Leads by 13 Points in Venezuela
September 22, 2006

- Hugo Chávez remains the most popular presidential candidate in Venezuela, according to a poll by Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates. 50 per cent of respondents would support the incumbent head of state in this year’s ballot.
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Chávez has been in office since February 1999. In July 2000, he was elected to a six-year term with 59.5 per cent of all cast ballots. In August 2004, Chávez won a referendum on his tenure with 59 per cent of the vote. The special election was called after opposition organizations in Venezuela gathered 2.5 million signatures to force a recall ballot.

The presidential election is scheduled for Dec. 3. In December 2005, Venezuelan voters renewed their National Assembly. The pro-Chávez Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) secured 114 of the 167 seats at stake. Five opposition parties boycotted the election, which saw a turnout of less than 25 per cent.

On Sept. 19 at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Chávez criticized U.S. president George W. Bush, declaring, "The gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. (...) As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums, to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world."

On Sept. 20, Rosales declared, "While Chávez is talking about the devil and sulphur, I’m talking about God, development, progress and modernity."

Polling Data

If the presidential elections were held today for whom would you vote?

Hugo Chávez
50%

Manuel Rosales
37%

Benjamín Rausseo
3%

Undecided
9%

Source: Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 2,000 likely Venezuelan voters, conducted from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.