A telephone poll to 24,517 Dominican citizens revealed a virtual tie among voter preference between President Danilo Medina and former President Leonel Fernandez. The 2015 Constitution promoted by President Medina impedes him from aspiring to the Presidency in the 2020 general election. But the same was true for the 2010 Constitution that was changed so President Medina could seek reelection in 2016.
Former President Leonel Fernández received 34.2% voter intention, followed by President Danilo Medina, despite his constitutional impediment to run, with 32.9%. Fernández’s wife, Vice President Margarita Cedeño, received 32.9%.
Among voters who identified with the PLD, the percentages were Fernandez 37.1%, Medina 37.3% and Cedeño 25.6%.
Former opposition PRM presidential candidate Luis Abinader received 52.4% percentage, followed by David Collado with 29.5% and former President Hipólito Mejía with 18.1%. But when those polled were asked for whom in the PRM they would prefer to vote for, 44.6% backed the National District Mayor David Collado, followed by Luis Abinader with 30% and Hipólito Mejía with 25.4%.
The poll also showed that among politicians who have never sought the Presidency, Mayor David Collado of the National District is the best-positioned politician with 71.8%. He ran for mayor on the PRM ticket. Others on the polling list were Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo with 15.4% and Education Minister Andrés Navarro with 12.8%.
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Listin Diario
31 January 2018
