En cambio, la oposición ha aumentado por haber recuperado los niveles de apoyo popular que obtuvo en 1998 y 2001 –en torno al 40 por ciento– y porque ha logrado devolver a su grey a los abstencionistas e indecisos, incluidas importantes facciones populares.
Instead, the opposition grew because of a return to its 1998 and 2001 levels of popular support – around 40% – and because it was able to bring back into the fold some of the abstainers and undecided, including important popular factions.