NewsWhore
03-12-2008, 03:30 PM
President Leonel Fernandez is riding high into the 16 May election, but a Greenberg Quinlan Rosner-Diario Libre poll shows that he does not yet have enough votes to win in the first round. A 50%+1 vote is needed for a first-round victory. If the candidates do not achieve this, a second round is organized and the candidate receiving the most votes is elected.
The Diario Libre poll, which was carried out from 20 February to 3 March and included 1,201 Dominicans eligible to vote, showed that Fernandez (PLD) leads with 49% of voting intent, followed by Miguel Vargas Maldonado (PRD) with 37% and Amable Aristy Castro (PRSC) with 9%. The same poll shows that Fernandez would defeat Vargas, 52%-43% in a second round, even if Vargas can attract most of third runner Aristy Castro's votes. The poll showed that 13% of PRSC voters would cast their vote for the PLD if their candidate did not stand a chance, while 18% of PRSC voters said they would vote for the PRD.
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The Diario Libre poll, which was carried out from 20 February to 3 March and included 1,201 Dominicans eligible to vote, showed that Fernandez (PLD) leads with 49% of voting intent, followed by Miguel Vargas Maldonado (PRD) with 37% and Amable Aristy Castro (PRSC) with 9%. The same poll shows that Fernandez would defeat Vargas, 52%-43% in a second round, even if Vargas can attract most of third runner Aristy Castro's votes. The poll showed that 13% of PRSC voters would cast their vote for the PLD if their candidate did not stand a chance, while 18% of PRSC voters said they would vote for the PRD.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)