According to results of the most recent Diario Libre-Gallup poll, the presidential election will be decided by 10 municipal districts. The results to watch most closely are those of:<\/p>\n
Santo Domingo province ? 933,163 voters<\/p>\n
National District (city of Santo Domingo) ? 682,664 voters<\/p>\n
Santiago ? 559,312 voters<\/p>\n
San Cristobal ? 268,680 voters<\/p>\n
La Vega ? 230,239 voters<\/p>\n
Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) ? 184,907 voters <\/p>\n
Puerto Plata ? 174,513 voters<\/p>\n
San Pedro de Macoris ? 154,989 voters<\/p>\n
San Juan de la Maguana ? 139,640 voters<\/p>\n
Espaillat (Moca) with 139,152 voters<\/p>\n
Since each of these provinces has more than 100,000 voters, the poll indicates the results of the municipal boards of these will be crucial. <\/p>\n
The Diario Libre reports that Leonel Fernandez of the PLD leads in the metropolitan zone of Santo Domingo with 61.4%, Hipolito Mejia of the PRD follows with 26.1%, and Eduardo Estrella of the PRSC lags behind with 8.9%. In the Cibao region, Estrella garners strength with 18.3%, Mejia has 27.7% and Fernandez has a 49.5% vote. In the South, the PLD candidate received 50.7% of the poll, 30.2% went to the PRD candidate, and 17.6% to the PRSC candidate. In the East, Fernandez received 60.6%, Mejia 22.7% and Estrella 12.1%. <\/p>\n
The April 14-18 Diario Libre-Gallup poll showed voter intent to be 54.8% in favor of Leonel Fernandez, the PLD candidate. President Hipolito Mejia followed with 27.1% of the hypothetical vote, and the PRSC?s Eduardo Estrella would have received 14.4%. Voters who said they were still undecided accounted for 2.7%. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
According to results of the most recent Diario Libre-Gallup poll, the presidential election will be decided by 10 municipal districts. The results to watch most closely are those of: Santo Domingo province ? 933,163 voters National District (city of Santo Domingo) ? 682,664 voters Santiago ? 559,312 voters San Cristobal ? 268,680 voters La Vega … <\/p>\n