According to the most recent El Siglo/Penn, Schoen & Berland survey, PRD presidential candidate, Hipólito Mejía would win the presidential election even if a second round were held. If any of the presidential candidates does not reach 50%+1 of the total vote in the 16 May election, a second round needs to be scheduled for 30 June 2000. Whoever gets the most votes in that election wins. The Penn, Schoen & Berland survey shows that in a contest between PRD candidate Hipólito Mejía and PLD candidate Danilo Medina, Mejía would win comfortably. The survey showed that Mejía would receive 58% of the vote in the second round, versus 37% that said they would vote for Danilo Medina. Mejía would attract 33% of the PRSC vote, while Medina would attract 49%. The PRSC vote brought the PLD to power in 1996, but this time around the PRD candidate has less rejection among PRSC voters than José Francisco Peña Gómez did in 1996. The Penn, Schoen & Berland survey results published yesterday showed Mejía would receive 50% of the vote count, if the election were held today.
