A Hamilton & Staff survey commissioned by Hoy newspaper shows that Vice President Jaime David Fernández Mirabal is the ruling party’s preferred presidential candidate in the year 2000 presidential elections. The survey was carried out from 7-12 November throughout the entire Dominican Republic. President Leonel Fernández placed second. By a constitutional modification in 1994, he is impeded to run for re-election. Jaime David Fernández received 49% of the preferences, President Leonel Fernández, 34%, Franklin Almeyda, a PLD politician, placed third with 24%, and Danilo Medina, Secretary of the Presidency, was fourth with 22%.
