Yet the question should not only be what is good for Milei but what is good for the province going to the polls. There the nationalisation rendered a distinct disservice by banishing the province’s problems from all debate. Both the main sides closed ranks (with La Libertad Avanza absorbing PRO) but the right less completely than Peronism. One key question is whether the absentees came from the 30 percent voting for Milei throughout 2023 or the 26 percent who joined him in the run-off. The conventional explanation is the latter but could the desertion also be coming from a volatile and often lumpenproletarian libertarian vote?