NewsWhore
05-07-2008, 03:10 PM
Just like politicians in the United States clamor for votes from California, New York, Texas and Illinois, politicians in the Dominican Republic look at just ten of the 31 provinces to assure their victory in any election. Santo Domingo (19.71%), National District (13.08%), Santiago (11.2%), San Cristobal (5.5%), La Vega (4.6%), Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris - 3.66%), Puerto Plata (3.54%), San Pedro de Macoris (3.06%), Espaillat (Moca - 2.79%), San Juan de la Maguana (2.76%) are the apples on the election tree that they all want to pick. With more than 5.5 million voters on the rolls, these provinces account for 70% of the total potential voters. Only four other provinces have as much as two percent of registered voters (La Romana, Azua, Monsignor Nouel and Peravia (Bani), and six provinces have between 1.5% and 1.9% of voters. In 2004, President Leonel Fernandez won in all those ten provinces, as reported in Hoy.
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