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03-28-2008, 06:30 PM
The ruling PLD party says that it will hold a large political rally on Sunday, 11 May to close its re-election campaign. The PRSC has announced that theirs will be held on Tuesday, 13 May and the PRD will hold their closing rally on Wednesday, 14 May. According to electoral law, the campaigns must close on 14 May. This week's Clave newspaper focuses on the way in which President Leonel Fernandez seems to have a comfortable lead, with most opinion polls indicating that he will win in the first round. The polls also suggest that Miguel Vargas Maldonado's candidacy for the PRD has never caught on, as his level of support has barely gone points over the minimum vote the party has maintained in elections over the years, despite staging a very expensive campaign and all the alleged corruption revelations about the Fernandez campaign. PRD campaign manager Neney Cabrera told Clave that about RD$600 million had been spent in the year-long campaign, and that the closing would cost another RD$100 million.
The 18 March Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates polls showed the PLD with 56%, PRD with 32% and the PRSC with 8%. The 12 March Greenberg-Diario Libre polls: PLD 49%, PRD 37%, PRS 9%. The 26 February Gallup Hoy poll: PLD 51.8%, PRD 34.7%, PRSC 7.5%. And the Clave Noxa-CIES poll: PLD 45%, PRD 31% and PRSC 13%.
Commenting on the present situation of the parties, political analyst Rosario Espinal predicts that the PRSC will continue to weaken and the country could end up with a two-party system. She expects the PRD to be re-launched with new ideas and leaders.
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The 18 March Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates polls showed the PLD with 56%, PRD with 32% and the PRSC with 8%. The 12 March Greenberg-Diario Libre polls: PLD 49%, PRD 37%, PRS 9%. The 26 February Gallup Hoy poll: PLD 51.8%, PRD 34.7%, PRSC 7.5%. And the Clave Noxa-CIES poll: PLD 45%, PRD 31% and PRSC 13%.
Commenting on the present situation of the parties, political analyst Rosario Espinal predicts that the PRSC will continue to weaken and the country could end up with a two-party system. She expects the PRD to be re-launched with new ideas and leaders.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)