Overview
- Chileans vote Sunday in a runoff between Communist-backed Jeannette Jara and Republican Jose Antonio Kast.
- Polls give Kast a strong lead despite about one-fifth of voters still undecided under mandatory voting.
- Conservatives eliminated in November have rallied to Kast, positioning him to overtake Jara’s first-round edge.
- Kast vows to deport roughly 330,000 undocumented migrants, build walls and trenches on the Bolivian border, expand police firepower and deploy troops to hotspots.
- If elected, Kast would face a split Congress requiring dealmaking, even as critics raise civil-liberties concerns over his hardline record and past praise for Pinochet.