NewsWhore
05-15-2012, 05:00 PM
The Greenberg-Diario Libre poll taken on 2-7 May with 1,022 people of voting age shows that both personal safety issues as well as unemployment are hot topics into these elections. A plurality of Dominicans (49%) feels that the country is going in the wrong direction. For many, the increase in both crime and unemployment is the principal reason for this lack of satisfaction.
Crime, as the principal concern, has increased four points, to 55%, since the Greenberg-Diario Libre poll last March, and unemployment has gone up seven points to 45%.
As is often the case, there is a gender division. Women are more worried about crime (57% say it is their major worry, up three points since the beginning of March), while men are more focused on unemployment (up 10 points to 49%). Young men are even more worried about unemployment: 59% mention it as their principal worry, up 9%). This gap has political implications.
Although PLD candidate Danilo Medina has a five-point advantage over Hipolito Mejia (51% for Danilo to 46% for Hipolito), among voters most worried over the issue of unemployment, Mejia has an advantage of five points.
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Crime, as the principal concern, has increased four points, to 55%, since the Greenberg-Diario Libre poll last March, and unemployment has gone up seven points to 45%.
As is often the case, there is a gender division. Women are more worried about crime (57% say it is their major worry, up three points since the beginning of March), while men are more focused on unemployment (up 10 points to 49%). Young men are even more worried about unemployment: 59% mention it as their principal worry, up 9%). This gap has political implications.
Although PLD candidate Danilo Medina has a five-point advantage over Hipolito Mejia (51% for Danilo to 46% for Hipolito), among voters most worried over the issue of unemployment, Mejia has an advantage of five points.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)