NewsWhore
05-20-2008, 05:10 PM
Although the PLD rode a wave of overwhelming support to win the presidency, Hoy is reporting that the party only received 65,000 more votes in 2008 than it did in 2004. In 2004 PLD party received 1,771,377 votes, compared to 1,836,468 votes in 2008. This is in contrast to the PRD party that garnered 467,749 more votes in 2008 than in 2004. Hoy reports that during this year's elections the PLD received 44.9% of the valid votes, but was able to win on a majority because of the 9% obtained by its 11 allied parties and 600 political movements that supported the Fernandez candidacy. The PRD took 38.5% of the votes, but upped its total percentage to 40.4% with the votes tallied by its three allied parties.
Cesar Pina Toribio, the PLD's political delegate at the JCE, said that the party is not concerned about the decline in percentage of votes the party itself received. He said that the election made it possible to identify the party's market share. He said that now the party would work to incorporate the party's grassroots supporters in communities nationwide.
The analysis in Hoy indicates that the PRD party (excluding the allies that backed the party) won in 17 provinces, compared to 14 provinces where the PLD (excluding its allies) received the most votes. The PRSC only received the most votes in La Altagracia province. When the allies were added in, the PLD candidate only lost in three northwestern provinces (Montecristi, Dajabon and Valverde) and in Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua) and Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui).
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Cesar Pina Toribio, the PLD's political delegate at the JCE, said that the party is not concerned about the decline in percentage of votes the party itself received. He said that the election made it possible to identify the party's market share. He said that now the party would work to incorporate the party's grassroots supporters in communities nationwide.
The analysis in Hoy indicates that the PRD party (excluding the allies that backed the party) won in 17 provinces, compared to 14 provinces where the PLD (excluding its allies) received the most votes. The PRSC only received the most votes in La Altagracia province. When the allies were added in, the PLD candidate only lost in three northwestern provinces (Montecristi, Dajabon and Valverde) and in Maria Trinidad Sanchez (Nagua) and Sanchez Ramirez (Cotui).
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#14)