According to the Rumbo-Gallup poll, the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) candidates are the favorites to win the municipal and congressional elections for the city of Santo Domingo. The Santo Domingo election for mayor will be the one to garner the most attention of all congressional and municipal elections. The poll indicates that former presidential candidate for the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) José Francisco Peña Gómez, is leading Roberto Salcedo, TV producer now turned politician, who is running for the incumbent party, the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD). The poll of 500 people, taken from 12-13 March, revealed that 44% of those interviewed planned to vote for Peña Gómez and 39% for Salcedo. At the time of the poll, the PRSC had not confirmed its candidate for mayor, Rafael Corporán de los Santos. His name, though, was included in the list of possible candidates. Only four out of every 100 voters said they would vote for him. Peña Gómez has more support among men voters (53%) than among women voters (35%). Salcedo has more support among women voters (46% favor him) than with the men (33%). The same poll shows that Milagros Ortíz Bosch, present senator for Santo Domingo, leads with 55% of the voters’ preference versus 23% for Franklin Almeyda of the PLD. At the time, the PRSC had not yet chosen its candidate for senator, but the name of the eventual candidate was included as possible senator candidate for the PRSC. 4% of the voters said they would cast their vote for Alexis Joaquín Castillo, who will be running for the PRSC. To the question, "Which was the party they most favored," the voters responded: 45% PRD, 36% PLD and 10% PRSC.
