Today?s headlines were naturally focused on George Bush and Iraq, but the second lead story in the Diario Libre was about Dominicans and the vote. It seems that 77% of the voting population has no qualms in voting for a woman for president. Only 21% said that they would not vote for a woman, while 2% were unsure. 26.5% of men responded that a woman would not get their vote, while women were overwhelmingly less biased, with 82.8% registering their approval. Middle class voters were less prone to break the sexist taboo, with 75.4% in favor, compared to 80.4% from the upper classes and 77.3% from the lower classes.
Of the three leading political parties, only the PRD has a woman aspirant to the presidential candidacy, Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch.