FILE PHOTO: Argentina's incumbent President and presidential candidate Mauricio Macri is seen on stage during the primary elections, at a convention centre in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 11, 2019. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's pollsters, still smarting after failing to predict a landslide defeat for President Mauricio Macri in an August primary, are sheepishly re-emerging with an updated election forecast: a huge win for opposition leader Alberto Fernandez.
Fernandez, a moderate Peronist who until this year was little known outside Argentina, won by a far larger-than-expected 16 points in August, dashing Macri's hopes of being re-elected at the end of the year.
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