The preliminary results of the Honduran elections on November 30 shocked many. In fact, a handful of polls had predicted that the leftist candidate, Rixi Moncada, from the ruling LIBRE party, would easily triumph at the polls. In the polls that claimed that Salvador Nasralla, from the Liberal Party, or Nasry Asfura, from the National Party, would win the election, Moncada was ranked as the virtual runner-up. Once again, the polls failed miserably.