The Mark Penn poll for August 2018 showed President Danilo Medina with a 59% positive rating. 59% of those polled said they are satisfied with his government, 41% said they are unsatisfied and 1%. This is comparative to the 60% vote President Danilo Medina received in May 2016 to win the presidential election. The May 2016 Mark Penn Poll had revealed that President Medina would win the 16 May election with 62%. 63% had voted for Medina in 2012.
Despite the relative high popularity of Medina, the same Mark Penn poll revealed that 71% of those polled said the country is headed in the wrong direction. In 2016, 52% felt the country was headed in the wrong direction.
Likewise, the Mark Penn poll indicates that Medina’s favorability or approval rating has been sharply on decline. Mark Penn polls show sliding from 82, 69, to 51% at present.
Medina has a 43% disapproval rating. The politicians with the highest disapproval rating are Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas (PRD), former President Hipolito Mejia (PRM) and former President Leonel Fernandez (PLD), all with 60% disapproval ratings.
The best regarded politicians are Vice President Margarita Cedeño, President Danilo Medina, former PRM presidential candidate Luis Abinader, and National District Mayor David Collado.
The Mark Penn 2-8 August 2018 poll data was compared to the Mark Penn poll of 1,000 eligible voters in 30 September- 3 October 2017. Both polls showed a margin of error of ±3.1.
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21 August 2018
