The latest poll taken by the Gallup-Hoy group shows that 72% of the Dominican public thinks that the economy is in “bad” shape. When polled in mid-August, the same figure was 63%. Curiously, when asked by the interviewers about their personal finances, 54% said that they were either “bad” or “very bad”, and this is a slight improvement from the 56% from August. The poll also reflects poorly on just how the country is doing, with 65.8% saying that things are going poorly, representing a significant 14.5% increase over August’s numbers. Furthermore, only one in four Dominicans (26.7%) feels that things will get better over the next two years. Over a third of the people interviewed said that they thought that there was more corruption now than in previous governments. In August, 54.4% said that there was less corruption in this government than during the Mejia administration. In the latest poll this number dropped to 34.1% of those questioned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The latest poll taken by the Gallup-Hoy group shows that 72% of the Dominican public thinks that the economy is in “bad” shape. When polled in mid-August, the same figure was 63%. Curiously, when asked by the interviewers about their personal finances, 54% said that they were either “bad” or “very bad”, and this is … <\/p>\n