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06-08-2007, 04:10 PM
A poll by CIES International forecasts that the president of the Dominican Municipal League, Amable Aristy Castro will win the PRSC nomination in the primary scheduled for Sunday, 10 June. The forecast shows electoral preferences for Amable Aristy with 46%, Eduardo Estrella with 39% and Luis Toral with 11%. Eduardo Estrella had the majority in the National District with 45% versus Aristy's 33% and Toral's 12%, and in the province of Santo Domingo with 62% versus 25% for Aristy and 2% for Toral. However, the poll found Aristy to be strong in other provinces, including Eduardo Estrella's hometown of Santiago, where Aristy shows 71% versus 16% for Estrella and 13% for Toral. In his home territory of the east, Aristy has 59% support, compared to 30% for Estrella and 11% for Toral. Aristy's positioning is strongest in the impoverished southern region, where he shows 55%, compared to 31% for Estrella and 12% for Toral. Aristy Castro's is well known for his clientelist campaign methods, known as "money talks."
Florida based CIES is a Hispanic-oriented marketing and public opinion polling service. The polling agency, working with Diario Horizonte, published a very close approximation to the results of the ruling PLD party primary on 4 May. (See www.diariohorizonte.com/view/articulopolitica,aspx?articleid+12865&zoneid=44
For the PRSC, CIES International is now forecasting that Aristy will win. Over 1,200 Dominicans eligible to vote in the 16 May presidential elections were polled in the 12 larger Dominican provinces. The margin of error is 2.58%.
The PRSC pre-presidential candidates will end their campaigns at midnight tonight as the party prepares for the Sunday primary.
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Florida based CIES is a Hispanic-oriented marketing and public opinion polling service. The polling agency, working with Diario Horizonte, published a very close approximation to the results of the ruling PLD party primary on 4 May. (See www.diariohorizonte.com/view/articulopolitica,aspx?articleid+12865&zoneid=44
For the PRSC, CIES International is now forecasting that Aristy will win. Over 1,200 Dominicans eligible to vote in the 16 May presidential elections were polled in the 12 larger Dominican provinces. The margin of error is 2.58%.
The PRSC pre-presidential candidates will end their campaigns at midnight tonight as the party prepares for the Sunday primary.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)