CDN has just released a short on results of the Penn, Schoen & Berland, previously contracted by El Caribe news group of the Banco Popular Dominicano, and now paid for by undisclosed private businessmen. Newspapers used to fit the bills for the polls, but given that their finances are hurting, and some fear government retaliation, these have not been forthcoming.
The Penn Schoen & Berland findings after polling 1,200 Dominicans able to vote are that if the elections were held today, (from 21-24 January 2004), President Hip?lito Mej?a would receive 13% of the vote, PRSC candidate Eduardo Estrella would receive 16%, and PLD candidate, former President Leonel Fernandez would receive 65.7%.
This is considerably up from the 24 September - 7 October 2003 poll carried out by this company that had showed that Fernandez would win with 58%, compared to 20% of Hip?lito Mej?a (at the time he had not been chosen presidential candidate by the party). Eduardo Estrella received 14% of voters preference.
The poll results have prompted many to ask on radio talk shows why then Mej?a's insistence in running for President. Some speculate that he knows he doesn't have a chance and is holding on to grabbing a stronghold of the PRD so that it serves as protective shield from any kind of prosecution. Analysts say that he is looking for a point from where to negotiate in the name of governance.
The Penn Schoen & Berland findings after polling 1,200 Dominicans able to vote are that if the elections were held today, (from 21-24 January 2004), President Hip?lito Mej?a would receive 13% of the vote, PRSC candidate Eduardo Estrella would receive 16%, and PLD candidate, former President Leonel Fernandez would receive 65.7%.
This is considerably up from the 24 September - 7 October 2003 poll carried out by this company that had showed that Fernandez would win with 58%, compared to 20% of Hip?lito Mej?a (at the time he had not been chosen presidential candidate by the party). Eduardo Estrella received 14% of voters preference.
The poll results have prompted many to ask on radio talk shows why then Mej?a's insistence in running for President. Some speculate that he knows he doesn't have a chance and is holding on to grabbing a stronghold of the PRD so that it serves as protective shield from any kind of prosecution. Analysts say that he is looking for a point from where to negotiate in the name of governance.
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