Daniel Scioli, Buenos Aires' province governor and presidential candidate for the Victory Front addresses students as he visits a rural school in Magdalena, south of Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Daniel Scioli is the clear front-runner in Argentina's election because he has the support of outgoing President Cristina Fernandez. To win it, though, he now needs to convince swing voters he will not be her puppet.
The fiery leftist's backing handed Scioli, a moderate within the broad Peronist movement, a support base worth almost one in three of all voters, especially in working-class areas where her welfare policies are popular.
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