The firebrand economist nicknamed “the Wig” for his unruly hairstyle is being viewed increasingly as a real contender in new polls that have emerged since he upended expectations by coming first in Argentina’s primary elections last week.
Earlier polls failed to capture the true strength of right-wing candidate Javier Milei, partly because polling is banned in Argentina during the week before the vote. But new polls published in the vote’s aftermath show him in a powerful position heading into the South American nation’s presidential elections on October 22.
Milei’s trademark leather jacket, sideburns and piercing blue eyes have become a regular fixture on Argentina’s
