{"id":117041,"date":"2018-10-01T09:37:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T13:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=117041"},"modified":"2018-10-01T09:37:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T13:37:31","slug":"gallup-hoy-nothing-decided-in-dominican-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2018\/10\/01\/gallup-hoy-nothing-decided-in-dominican-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallup-Hoy: Nothing decided in Dominican politics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Gallup-Hoy poll with findings published in Hoy newspaper on 1 October 2018 shows nothing is decided for the 2020 general elections. The poll was carried out from 16 to 21 September 2018.<\/p>\n

To the question of \u201cWho would you like to be the next President?,\u201d 14% equally said they would favor the three leading would-be contenders \u2013 President Danilo Medina, former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez for the PLD and former presidential candidate Luis Abinader for the PRM.<\/p>\n

When asked who they thought would be the next President, 21.8% expected former President Leonel Fernandez to return to power, 18.6% mentioned President Danilo Medina and 12% Abinader. 33.9% said they were unsure.<\/p>\n

Fern\u00e1ndez was also shown to have the greatest negative perception rate, at 22.4%, even more than the 19.7% attributed to former President Hipolito Medina, and 15% to President Medina. Only 4% of those polled said they would never vote for Luis Abinader. Of the three, only Abinader has not been in power.<\/p>\n

Among voters, there is much uncertainty. 40% said they do not know who will be the political candidates. 23% believe it should be former President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez. 15.8% say it should be President Danilo Medina. Among those partisan to the PLD, 33% said they would vote for Medina, 29.6% for Fern\u00e1ndez and 22.7% is undecided.<\/p>\n

None of the pre-candidacy hopefuls broke the 5% level in voter support. When people were asked who they thought should be the PLD presidential candidate in the 2020 general elections, the answers were:
\nLeonel Fernandez 23.6%, Danilo Medina 15.8%, Vice President Margarita Cede\u00f1o 4.1%, Francisco Dom\u00edngue Brito 2.7%, Santiago Mayor Abel Mart\u00ednez 2.2%, president of the Senate Reinaldo Pared Perez 15%.<\/p>\n

The 2015 Constitution bans Medina from running again from office, but the PLD party has majority in Congress and technically could push through a constitutional amendment to clear this impediment. Medina has said he would announce in March 2019 his decision regarding a second reelection bid. When PLD voters were asked who they would vote for if Medina was not the candidate, the response was 47.1% for Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez and 10.5% for Margarita Cede\u00f1o.<\/p>\n

Regarding the PRM, 32% believe economist Luis Abinader should repeat as the presidential candidate, followed by 10.3% for former President Hip\u00f3lito Mej\u00eda, 8.8% for National District Mayor David Collado.<\/p>\n

The best-positioned pre-candidates for the PRSC are Victor Bison\u00f3 (Ito) with 16%, Jos\u00e9 Hazim Frappier with 12%, and Federico Ant\u00fan Batlle with 4%.<\/p>\n

76% of those partisan to the PRD say they are uncertain who will be the party candidate. PRD president Miguel Vargas allied with the PLD into the 2016 elections. He is now the country\u2019s Foreign Minister.<\/p>\n

Former AlPais presidential candidate, Guillermo Moreno, was named the better positioned minority party pre-candidate, with 30% of voter favor.<\/p>\n

Read more in Spanish:
\nHoy<\/a><\/p>\n

1 October 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Gallup-Hoy poll with findings published in Hoy newspaper on 1 October 2018 shows nothing is decided for the 2020 general elections. The poll was carried out from 16 to 21 September 2018. To the question of \u201cWho would you like to be the next President?,\u201d 14% equally said they would favor the three leading … <\/p>\n

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