The Central American affiliate of the Gallup polling company, Consultoria Interdisciplinaria en Desarrollo (CID), polled 1,204 eligible Dominican voters from 1-6 October. The company describes itself as “Latin America’s premier market research and public opinion company”.
Their results showed that if the election had been held on the day of the poll, former President Leonel Fernandez would have won the election with 54%, if his contender for the PRD had been President Mejia. Mejia would have received 18% of the vote and Eduardo Estrella (PRSC) would have obtained 13%. The CID poll also showed that Mejia would outdo Tourism Minister Rafael Subervi as a PRD presidential candidate. In a scenario in which Subervi was the candidate for the PRD, he would receive only 15% of the vote. The poll did not present a scenario in which Vice-President Milagros Ortiz Bosch was the candidate for the PRD.
When asked for political party preference, 43% said they preferred or belonged to the PLD, 22% identified with the PRD and 10% with the PRSC. Those who did not identify with any party accounted for 25%.
The results of the poll were presented in a press conference held by poll company executive Frederick Benton.
See the complete results of the poll at http://www.cidgallup.com/cgi-bin/estudios.fwx
or write to cid@cidgallup.com