El Siglo-Gallup poll held 16-21 September showed that 37.5% of the 1,200 persons interviewed consider Hipólito Mejía, a former vice presidential candidate for the PRD, former minister of agriculture, and agribusiness man, the best candidate to the presidency for the PRD. In second place, Milagros Ortíz Bosch, received 25% of the support. 8.7% favored former secretary of the presidency Hatuey de Camps, and 7.9% favor Rafael Subervi Bonilla, a former mayor of Santo Domingo and former minister of tourism. The political commission of the party has said it will select the candidate in mid February 1999. Mejía received a higher vote count among those that said they were PRD voters, with 51.6%. PRD voters supported Ortíz Bosch 25.1% and Hatuey de Camps 8.6%. Mejía has more support among men, 48.3% than among women, 26.7%. He received the same percentage of support from different income brackets. The present senator for Santo Domingo, Milagros Ortíz Bosch received more support among women (32.5%) than among men (17.5%). She received more support from the higher income groups.
