Election Report - Lu Olivero
Excitement in the air
The day many have been waiting for has arrived and emotions are high as pollers head to the booths. DR1 election correspondents explain that thus far Election Day has been extremely organized and calm in many of the polling areas in Santo Domingo. Election police have been stationed around the city, and the major polling areas. Traffic has been refreshingly calm, though public transport vehicles are running their normal routes, helping to get voters to the polls. An early morning drive through Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone and Gazcue areas revealed that there is excitement in the air. Some pollers interviewed either profess their support for one of the candidates or explain that they just want the elections to be over, arguing that either way the status quo will continue. After a bus ride around Santo Domingo, hoping to get a feel of the situation, correspondent Lu Olivero reports that many Dominicans are split between PRD candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado and PLD candidate Leonel Fernandez, while recognizing that the one candidate that will have the most to win is PRSC candidate Amable Aristy Castro, especially if the election goes into a second round. Olivero reports that voters, however, have grown tired of the constant campaigning, and those who seem indifferent about the voting process voiced the hope that Fernandez win in the first round in order to avoid two more months of campaigning.