Politicians could be at a record low in popularity in the Dominican Republic. The results of the Newlink Dominican Republic automated telephone poll on 3 April 2019 reveal that President Danilo Medina is the best-rated Dominican politician, but he only has the favor of 21.1% of Dominicans eligible to vote.
Of those at this time eligible to run in the 2020 general elections, the popularity ratings are also low: Luis Abinader of the PRM with 20.4%; former President Leonel Fernández 19.9%; Mayor of the National District David Collado 19.8%; and Vice President Margarita Cedeño (wife of Leonel Fernández), 10.4%. Former President Hipólito Mejía, who aspires to be on the PRM ticket, has a popularity rating of 5.8%.
In addition to Fernández and Cedeño, others who aspire to be the ruling PLD party presidential candidate rated: president of the Senate Reinaldo Pared Pérez 0.8%, and former Education Minister Andrés Navarro 1.1%.
The same poll indicated that Fernández would win the PLD primaries with 41.1%, up slightly from the 40.3% rating he received in the same poll carried out in December 2018. Fernández defeats other contenders for the PLD ticket that are his wife, Vice President Margarita Cedeño, 24.8%; former Education Minister, Andres Navarro, 14.5%; Tourism Minister Francisco Javier García, 5.7%; senator Reinaldo Pared Pérez 5.2%; Public Works Minister Gonzalo Castillo 4.8%; and former Interior & Police Minister Carlos Amarante Baret 3.8%.
The poll does not include President Danilo Medina because the 2015 Constitution bans him from running for President in 2020.
The same poll indicates that National District Mayor David Collado (41.7%) would win the PRM primary compared to PRM presidential candidate, Luís Abinader, 37.%, and former President Hipólito Mejía (2000-2004), 20.9%. In the December poll, Collado was rated 41.7%, compared to 38% of Abinader and 20.4% of Mejía.
The 3 April 2019 telephone poll used the Newbot system and reached out to 66,283 persons of a population of 6,042,471 persons of 18 years old or older.
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Listin Diario
Listin Diario
9 April 2019