Juan Manuel Santos steals a win in Colombia — can he keep it?

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How does a sitting president get re-elected, despite sporting a 56 percent disapproval rating with approval ranking in the 30s?

Juan Manuel Santos built a most formidable organization and controlled such massive finances that, whatever the polls said, he was virtually certain to win. And ultimately he did, but by just 51 percent of the vote.

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