Gallup-El Siglo poll showed that former President Joaquín Balaguer and former Vice President Jacinto Peynado are tied in the opinions of the general public as to whom should be that party’s presidential candidate for the year 2000 elections. The survey, carried out prior to the hurricane Georges, from 16-21 September found that 28.7% of the 1,200 persons interviewed said that Balaguer, seven times President of the Republic, will be the candidate, and 28.5% consider it should be Peynado. Among those that say they are PRSC voters, 53.4% favor 92-year old Balaguer and 22% favor Peynado (22%). Balaguer has predominantly the support of women and rural inhabitants. Other strong PRSC candidates are former Vice President Carlos Morales Troncoso, who received 10.7% of the preferences, and former Minister of Foreign Relations Victor Gómez Bergés, with 8.6% of the preference of the voters.
