In today’s installment of the controlled release of results of a recent national poll, news daily Listin Diario reports that the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) scored highest among voters claiming no party affiliation. Asked by Listin and Sigma Dos if the DR’s presidential elections were held today, which party would the respondent vote for, 46.0% said the opposition PRD, 27.4% replied the ruling Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), just 7.2% indicated the Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC), and a whopping 17.5% declared themselves "undecided." The results are significant because the "non-militants" usually decide who wins the presidency. Another poll question was equally significant: asked who they would want to see their party ally with should a presidential election go into the second round (which occurs when a single candidate does not win 50%+1 votes), voters indicated overwhelmingly that they would prefer a PLD-PRSC alliance as was done in the 1996 elections.
