With more than two years to go for the May 2020 general election, a Gallup poll published in Hoy newspaper reveals that most Dominicans are uncertain over who they would vote for President in 2020. The poll was carried out by Gallup Dominicana for Hoy newspaper from 5 to 11 March 2018. Some 1,200 persons eligible to vote were polled in Greater Santo Domingo, the south, north and eastern regions. The poll results have an error margin of plus or minus 2.8%.
PLD voters: 46% of PLD voters said they are uncertain who would be the party’s candidate. 19.7% understand incumbent President Danilo Medina should be the PLD candidate for President, even when the 2015 Constitution bans him from opting for another term. Former President Leonel Fernández was mentioned by 18.7% of those polled. 4% mentioned Vice President Margarita Cedeño. Nevertheless, when the name of President Medina was removed, her numbers increased to 27%.
PRM voters: 49.9% of eligible voters in the Dominican Republic do not know who should be the PRM candidate in the 2020 presidential election. 31.8% believe this should be Luis Abinader, and 7.8% favor former President Hipólito Mejía. David Collado, who is the mayor of the National District, had a preference of 3.3% among those polled.
PRD voters: The PRD allied with the PLD in the 2016 general election. Now the Gallup poll reveals that among PRD voters there is an uncertainty of 66.5% regarding who would be the presidential candidate for that party. 10.8% mentioned Miguel Vargas Maldonado, the party president and incumbent foreign minister.
PRSC voters: The PRSC is the political party with the most uncertainty. 83.8% of PRSC voters said they were clueless who would be that party’s presidential candidate. The president of the party, Federico Antún Batlle appears with 6.3% following, and La Altagracia senator Amable Aristy Castro received 3.3% preference in the poll.
Among the minority parties, Guillermo Moreno of Alianza País did best, with 46% of voters thinking he would run for president on that party’s ticket. Among the minority parties, 26% mentioned Eduardo Estrella of Dominicanos por el Cambio and 3.4% mentioned Max Puig of Alianza por la Demoracia.
President Danilo Medina and former President Leonel Fernandez were tied to 14.8% to the question of “who would you prefer” of the two. 18.8% of PRM voters said they would like PRM presidential candidate to win the 2020 presidential election. Vice President Margarita Cedeño was preferred by 7.2% of the population. And Guillermo Moreno of AlPais received 6.6%. Former President Hipólito Mejía received 6.2%, and Ramfis Domínguez (grand child of dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo) got 5.4%. David Collado, mayor of the National District, received 2.8% of the preferences.
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Hoy
19 March 2018
