According to a poll by the Peruvian firm ABC Marketing, former President Leonel Fernández heads the preference to be the presidential candidate for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). Some 32.1% of those polled think that Fernández should be the PLD candidate, closely followed by those who say it should be President Danilo Medina with 31.1%, then Vice President Margarita Cedeño with 8.1 % and Reinaldo Pared Pérez with 7.8 %. President Danilo Medina is banned from running for President in 2020 by the 2015 Constitution.
The director of the company, Juan Carlos Maldonado, presented the poll results at a press conference at the Barcelo Santo Domingo Hotel (former Hotel Lina).
The poll suggests that in the 17 May 2020 election, Abinader would defeat Leonel Fernández of the PLD 58.6% to 35.9%. Polls show Fernández is the highest-rated eligible PLD pre-candidate. If the Constitution is amended and Medina is allowed to run, Abinader would win with 51.3% and Medina would receive 42.9% of the vote.
Dominicans eligible to vote in the 2020 general election told the pollsters that crime is the main problem facing the country. 35.1% of those interviewed named crime as their primary concern.
Other concerns are the high cost of living, 32.6%, corruption 10.1%, unemployment 9.8%, blackouts, 5.2%, drug dealing 4.8%, lack of medicines 1.4%, public transport 0.7% and 0.3% said Haitian immigration.
65.3% of those polled said the economy was bad, 24.2% said it was normal, 4.7% said it is good, 3.7% said very good and 2.1% refused to answer.
The research was carried out from 1 to 10 July and the results presented on Sunday, 14 July 2019, by company director Juan Carlos Maldonado, in the press conference in Santo Domingo. 1,000 members of the voting public across the country were polled.
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16 July 2019