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that's the question i put to dr grace jaramillo, lecturer of public policy and global affairs at universitynew for at least ecuadorians. historically, ecuador has always opted for the ultimate outsider since 1979, the start of the new democratic era in ecuador. even mr rafael correa, the longest serving president during recent decades, was an outsider when he won the presidency in 2007, so that he arrived really as the clear outsider of this election. and it was a surprise because nobody was expected, especially after the assassination of fernando villavicencio. it was true that was a game changer, but instead of what everybody thought, people were going to go to the candidate who offer security, addressed security and be tough on crime, they went into a candidate that is also a conservative candidate, a millennial candidate who avoid confrontation at all costs. yes, how do you explain that? because particularly with that assassination of candidate villavicencio, lots of people expected that people's minds would shift to be focused on this security aspects. yeah, i think that was the real s