Listin Diario publishes the findings of a recent Hamilton Beattie & Staff survey on the leading political parties’ presidential pre-candidates. Pollsters interviewed 1,200 citizens nationwide from 2-6 December. The surprise finding was that former Santo Domingo senator Jose Tomas Perez is the PLD pre-candidate with the highest rating. Voters were asked who should be candidate for the presidency for each party. The survey showed that 37% of Dominicans able to vote would vote for Perez if the election were held today, compared to 27% for Danilo Medina, a surprising 26% for President Leonel Fernandez and 5% for former Vice President Jaime David Fernandez.<\/p>\n
Regarding the PRD, the poll showed that former Public Works Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado is the preferred presidential candidate, compared to 30% for former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch. For the PRSC, Dominican Municipal League president Amable Aristy Castro garnered 46% of the preferences for running for that party, compared to 39% for Eduardo Estrella (who ran on the party ticket in 2004) and the 11% received by former Central Bank governor Luis Toral.<\/p>\n
The poll showed voter preference is 45% for the PLD, 29% for the PRD and 20% for the PRSC. Another finding was that 66% of potential voters said they would vote in the 2008 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Listin Diario publishes the findings of a recent Hamilton Beattie & Staff survey on the leading political parties’ presidential pre-candidates. Pollsters interviewed 1,200 citizens nationwide from 2-6 December. The surprise finding was that former Santo Domingo senator Jose Tomas Perez is the PLD pre-candidate with the highest rating. Voters were asked who should be candidate … <\/p>\n