A Washington-based pollster says Fernandez has obtained 56 percent of votes based on interviews with almost 19,000 voters across the country. The polling firm of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates says the main challenger has obtained 39 percent of ...
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, widely credited with pulling his Caribbean country out of a deep economic slump, appeared to have coasted to a third term in elections on Friday, an exit poll showed. The survey by the U.S.-based Penn, Schoen & ...
and were set to close 12 hours later. Dominican electoral authorities called upon Dominicans to exercise their right to vote and noted that the country remained calm despite an incident linked to the election hours earlier....
The former New Yorker is expected to easily capture the most ballots among 5.7 million registered voters. His main challenger -construction magnate and former Public Works Minister Miguel Vargas -hopes to keep him from getting more than 50 percent ...
Dominicans who went to the polls Friday had been given chickens and sausage, promised new homes and even handed cash during a spirited frenzy of campaigning...Her vote went to the man she calls simply “Leonel.” Mr. Fernández’s campaign slogan ...
Dominicans are voting in presidential election that is likely to see Leonel Fernandez win a third term in office in the Caribbean nation. The poll follows a bitter campaign in which opposition leaders blamed Fernandez and his Dominican Liberation ...
Voters are going to the polls in the Dominican Republic today in an election in which President Leonel Fernandez is favoured to win a third term. The former New Yorker is expected to easily capture the most ballots despite concerns over long-serving ...
Voters in the Dominican Republic are casting ballots Friday in a presidential election widely expected to deliver a third term to incumbent President Leonel Fernandez. Recent opinion polls show Mr. Fernandez leads his six rivals, but he needs at ...
Dominicans go to the polls Friday for presidential elections. Dominican Republic— President Leonel Fernandez was favored to win a third term on Friday, despite concerns over long-serving politicians in this Caribbean nation with a painful history ...
1 Santo Domingo: Dominicans vote in a presidential election on Friday in which incumbent Leonel Fernandez is heavily favoured to win a third term...Fernandez faces accusations that he used government funds in his campaign....