▁of ▁another ▁coup ▁attempt , ▁but ▁with ▁the ▁prospect s ▁appearing ▁sl im , ▁some ▁advis ers , ▁not ably ▁Luis ▁Mi qu il ena , ▁ur ged ▁him ▁to ▁re cons ider ▁his ▁s cept ic ism ▁of ▁the ▁elections , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁Ch á vez ▁could ▁potentially ▁win ▁so ▁convin cing ly ▁that ▁the ▁establishment ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁den y ▁him ▁victory . ▁To ▁find ▁out ▁whether ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁case , ▁Ch á vez ▁set ▁up ▁teams ▁of ▁psych olog ists , ▁soci olog ists , ▁university ▁profess ors ▁and ▁students ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁a ▁survey . ▁With ▁their ▁support , ▁grass ro ots ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Boliv arian ▁movement ▁pol led ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁people ▁across ▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁results ▁showed ▁that ▁ 7 0 % ▁of ▁respond ents ▁supported ▁Ch á vez ▁running ▁for ▁the ▁presiden cy ▁- ▁and ▁ 5 7 % ▁said ▁they ▁would ▁vote ▁for ▁him . ▁Support ▁for ▁the ▁elect oral ▁route ▁was ▁strength ened ▁when ▁A rias ▁C ár den as , ▁as ▁a ▁candidate ▁for ▁Rad ical ▁C ause , ▁won ▁the ▁Governor ship ▁of ▁Z ul ia ▁State ▁in ▁the ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁regional ▁elections . ▁Despite ▁this , ▁the ▁MB R - 2 0 0 ▁remained ▁divided ▁over ▁elect oral ▁participation , ▁and ▁spent ▁a ▁year ▁deb ating ▁the ▁issue ▁in ▁local , ▁regional ▁and ▁national ▁assemb lies . ▁A ▁national ▁con gress ▁on ▁ 1 9 ▁April ▁ 1 9 9