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NewsWhore
02-29-2008, 04:00 PM
According to information released by the Central Electoral Board (JCE), 54% of the nation's registered voters for the 16 May 2008 elections are concentrated in the five provinces of Santo Domingo, San Cristobal, Santiago, La Vega and the National District. In these five provinces 3,034,535 citizens are registered to vote out of a total 5,609,590 voters. Of these five provinces, most voters, 2,146,599, or 38%, are concentrated in the northern provinces. A total of 1,839,811, or 33% of voters are in the province of Santo Domingo and 995,225, 18%, are based in the southern region while 627,955, or 11%, are found in the east.
The JCE report indicates that there are 5,764986 voters, of whom 154,797, or 2.69%, live abroad.
As for voting based on sex, according to statistics 2,095,881 voters, 50.41%, are female and 2,858,506 voters, 49.59% are male. The breakdown by age reveals that 25% (1,448,406) of voters are between 26 and 35 years of age, 22% (1,272,548) are between 36 and 45 years old, 18% (1,018,042) are between 18 and 25 years of age, 16% (893,664) are between 46 and 55 years of age, 10% (561,110), are between 56 and 65 years of age, and another 10% (570,617) are 66 or older. As for breakdown according to occupation, the reports says that 34% of voters (1,948,016) are students, 22% (1,272,936) are domestic workers, 11% (617,059) are self-employed, 5% (313,991) work in agriculture, 4% (249,926) work in business, 2% (125,786) are operators, 2% (97,907) are drivers, 1% (81,412) are public employees and 1% (76,461) are private sector employees.

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