NewsWhore
03-13-2012, 03:40 PM
According to the results of the Greenberg-Diario Libre polls, although 64% of the population wants a change, President Leonel Fernandez still enjoys high levels of approval. Most Dominicans - 60% - approve the work the President has done. This support transcends Fernandez's political base: even among members of the PRD rank and file, nearly one third approve his job as President.
Nonetheless, the current political climate is much more hostile than in the 2008 elections, in which Fernandez was re-elected. Now, a majority - 55% - believes that the Dominican Republic is going in the wrong direction, while less than a third sees things on the right track. The increase in crime is on the minds of Dominicans with 51% pointing to crime as one of their two main worries, far above the 38% in 2008. The economic worries are also more acute: 38% are worried about job losses and 26% about the cost of living. Therefore President Fernandez could be overestimating his positive evaluation of the country, particularly on the economic situation. Despite his high approval ratings, nearly 6 out of every 10 Dominicans want to go in a different direction than Fernandez is taking the country, and by a margin of 5% (49% to 44%), the voters are more inclined to say that their personal finances are worse now than four years ago.
"These are incredibly close elections, with little space separating the candidates," said Ana Iparraguirre, the vice-president of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, who headed the poll.
The newspaper reported earlier that the poll by Washington, D.C.-based Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research from 28 February to 3 March of 1,004 Dominicans eligible to vote, shows a statistical tie between leading candidates Danilo Medina of the ruling PLD and former President Hipolito Mejia of the PRD.
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Nonetheless, the current political climate is much more hostile than in the 2008 elections, in which Fernandez was re-elected. Now, a majority - 55% - believes that the Dominican Republic is going in the wrong direction, while less than a third sees things on the right track. The increase in crime is on the minds of Dominicans with 51% pointing to crime as one of their two main worries, far above the 38% in 2008. The economic worries are also more acute: 38% are worried about job losses and 26% about the cost of living. Therefore President Fernandez could be overestimating his positive evaluation of the country, particularly on the economic situation. Despite his high approval ratings, nearly 6 out of every 10 Dominicans want to go in a different direction than Fernandez is taking the country, and by a margin of 5% (49% to 44%), the voters are more inclined to say that their personal finances are worse now than four years ago.
"These are incredibly close elections, with little space separating the candidates," said Ana Iparraguirre, the vice-president of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, who headed the poll.
The newspaper reported earlier that the poll by Washington, D.C.-based Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research from 28 February to 3 March of 1,004 Dominicans eligible to vote, shows a statistical tie between leading candidates Danilo Medina of the ruling PLD and former President Hipolito Mejia of the PRD.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)