Today ruling Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) would seem to be smooth sailing given the fragmented opposition it faces. After more than 20 years of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) controlling the three branches of government, the 2020 elections gave majority control to the PRM at least in the Executive and Legislative branches of government. A political appointee of the PLD still presides over the Supreme Court of Justice and the Judicial Branch.
The November 2020 Gallup poll reflects the uncertainty regarding who is the opposition. 53% of the population told pollsters that they do not know who the leader of the PLD is at this time. The PLD received 37.46% of the popular vote in the 2020 presidential election to 52.52% of the PRM.
42% told Gallup pollsters that former President Danilo Medina (2012-2020) is the party leader. Only 2% of those polled thought that PLD presidential candidate Gonzalo Castillo was the party leader. PLD party president Temístocles Montás, former Vice President Margarita Cedeño, Santiago mayor Abel Martínez all received under 1% in the same poll.
There is confusion as to who best represents the political opposition. Of those answering the question on who is the leader of the opposition, former President Leonel Fernández, who was the PLD president until splitting from the party alleging fraud in the 2019 party primaries, received 33.7%, yet 55.9% of the population said they do not know. Only 6.2% told the pollsters that Medina is the voice of the opposition.
The survey was carried out nationwide from 11-16 November 2020. Gallup polled 1,200 households in person. The sample has an error margin of 2.8%.
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26 November 2020