A Listín Diario-Wall Street Journal Americas survey carried out in February revealed that most Dominicans do not feel represented "at all" by the municipal and congressional candidates chosen by the political parties for the 16 May elections. 32.1% said they would abstain from voting. The survey showed that among those who said they would vote more would cast their vote for the government Partido de la Liberación Dominicana. The survey was sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, the Listín Diario and 16 other newspapers of the Americas. It indicates that in the congressional and municipal election, the PLD would obtain 29.2% of the vote, the PRD 26.2% and the PRSC 6.6%. Some 757 men and women, of all ages, educational and economic levels were interviewed. Of those interviewed, 78% prefer a democratic rather than an authoritarian government.
