In the 2004 presidential election, 52,440 Dominicans living overseas registered to vote and of these, 35,042 voted. President Leonel Fernandez received a majority of the votes cast, or 25,898 for 74%, then President Hipolito Mejia received 7,141 votes for 22% and Eduardo Estrella (PRSC) received 1,356 votes, or 3%. <\/p>\n
Four years later, for the 2008 presidential election, the number of eligible voters had tripled to 154,797. Expatriate registered voters by country: <\/p>\n
United States: 96,785<\/p>\n
Spain: 31,354<\/p>\n
Puerto Rico: 11,311<\/p>\n
St. Martin: 2,984<\/p>\n
Venezuela: 2,570<\/p>\n
Italy: 2,347<\/p>\n
Panama: 2,075<\/p>\n
Switzerland: 1,964<\/p>\n
Curacao: 1,369<\/p>\n
Canada: 1,135<\/p>\n
Holland: 903<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the 2004 presidential election, 52,440 Dominicans living overseas registered to vote and of these, 35,042 voted. President Leonel Fernandez received a majority of the votes cast, or 25,898 for 74%, then President Hipolito Mejia received 7,141 votes for 22% and Eduardo Estrella (PRSC) received 1,356 votes, or 3%. Four years later, for the 2008 … <\/p>\n