Gallup-Hoy: What are the top issues to voters in the DR
For the April 2019 Gallup-Hoy survey, the polling company asked 1,200 eligible voters to name the most important problems facing this country today. As ranked on the list, these are:
Theft, assaults, gangs and delinquency in general 68.3%
Scarcity of jobs, unemployment 34.7%
Inflation, high cost of living 32.3%
Administrative corruption 18.9%
Health in general 10.6%
Blackouts or lack of electricity 8.8%
Economy 6.8%
Femicides, intrafamily and gender violence 5.8%
Lack of potable water 5.4%
Trafficking and consumption of narcotic drugs 4.6%
Loss of values 3.4%
Impunity, lack of justice 3.3%
High price of fuel 3.3%
Extreme poverty 2.7%
Bad government 2.3%
Politics, mishandling by politicians 2%
Mishandling by military/police 1.8%
Low wages 1.8%
Deteriorating public services 1.8%
Violence in general 1.3%
Streets in bad condition 1.2%
Haitian migration 1.2%
Garbage collection 1.2%
Public transport 1.1%
Environmental contamination 1%
Lack of leadership 1%
Foreign debt 0.9%
Lack of opportunities 0.8%
Social inequality 0.7%
Lack of money in circulation 0.6%
Source: DR1
May 10, 2019
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