Medina the favorite in a ‘very bad’ country: poll

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Santo Domingo.- A survey by pollster Newlink Research says that president Danilo Medina is the favorite candidate for the 2020 election with 19.9%.
The survey made from October 11 to 15 with 750 people, 62.9% women and 37.1% men, asked to evaluate the image of the candidates:
19.9% Danilo Medina
18.6% Leonel Fernández
17% Luis Abinader
12.9% David Collado
8.1% Hipólito Mejía
3.6% Francisco Domínguez Brito
1.9% Andrés Navarro
1.7% Ito Bisonó
1.4% Gonzalo Castillo
1.2 Francisco Javier Garcia
4.2% Other
23% None
The surprising contradiction however is that despite Medina’s relative popularity, 52.4% of the people surveyed perceive the country’s situation as bad or very bad.
29.5 Very bad
40.05% Regular
22.9% Bad
5.4% Good