Ecuador's runoff election is pitting a socialist against a banana baron

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : One person was arrested for false voting, and two for harassment and resisting arrest"Noboa grew due to two factors: the first was Villavicencio's death, which changed everything, and the debate, where Noboa was the winner."-- Francis Romero, president of pollster Click Research, in a statement to Bloomberg after the Aug. 20 voteAlongside the presidential elections, Ecuadorians also voted on a binding referendum on whether they want oil drilling to continue beneath an Amazon biodiversity hotspot in Yasuní National Park.
44% : His proposals, include creating jobs, lowering taxes, and forging more international free trade agreements, are popular among young voters.

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