The latest poll of British Conservative Party members conducted by Opinium polls showed that British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has a 22 percentage point lead over her rival, Rishi Sunak, in the race to replace Boris Johnson as the party leader and thus the British prime minister.
The foundation said that the poll, in which 450 members of the Conservative Party who made their decision on their preferred candidate in the current elections to choose a new leader showed that Truss, 47, received 61% of the vote, while former Finance Minister Sunak (42 years) received 39%. .
Other polls have shown that Truss is the most likely candidate for the Conservative Party leadership.
Conservative party members are voting to elect a successor to Boris Johnson, who resigned in early July after a series of scandals.
Truss has received support from a number of figures in her party in recent days and the Daily Telegraph, a daily newspaper that has influence with conservative voters.
This vote will be held by correspondence until September 2, and the result is expected to be announced on the fifth of the same month.