In results just released to the press, a December 7-14, 1998 poll of voters belonging to the Reformista Party (PRSC) found that businessman and former Vice President Jacinto Peynado is their favorite to be the PRSC presidential candidate in the year 2000, but that most expected ex-President Dr. Joaqu?n Balaguer to be nominated instead. The poll was conducted by Consultores Am?rica S.A., an affiliate of Miami’s Florida World Business Inc. Asked who they desired as their party’s candidate in the next presidential elections, 34% responded in favor of Peynado, 22% for Balaguer, 21% for Angel Lockwood, 19% for Carlos Morales Troncoso and 3% for Jos? Hazim Frapier. Asked about who they actually expected to be nominated by the Party, 41% replied that Dr. Balaguer would, 27% Peynado, 15% Morales, 13% Lockwood and 3% Hazim.
