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Andrew ahead of Portia — Polls
JLP leader better to represent Ja locally and abroad
Thursday, December 15, 2011
A majority of Jamaicans believe that Andrew Holness is a better leader than Portia Simpson Miller to represent the country locally and overseas. This was one of the findings of the latest Observer/Don Anderson Polls conducted between December 5 and 11, 2011. Anderson and his Market Research Services team interviewed 1,000 registered voters in all parishes in the island, covering over 150 different locations. The margin of error was plus or minus 3%.
Asked which of the two leaders would be better able to represent the country overseas, 44.2 per cent of Jamaicans polled said the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader and Prime Minister Andrew Holness, compared with 38.9 per cent who said People's National Party (PNP) leader and former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller.
When asked which of the two leaders would be better able to represent the country locally, a smaller majority of 42.9 per cent said Holness against 41.3 per cent who chose Simpson Miller.
"Empirical data has shown that perception of the respective leaders has been an important issue in party support in previous elections, especially in the 90s and early to mid 2000s when PJ Patterson and Edward Seaga were the respective leaders of the PNP and the JLP," Anderson said in his notes to the polls.
He noted that the recent elevation to the higher office of prime minister of the "generally highly regarded Holness has boosted his favourability rating amongst Jamaicans to the point where he is now better perceived than PNP leader Simpson Miller..."
 
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12/16/2011
Some of these questions taken in the polls are just compost. Ex. Which leader would better represent Jamaica overseas and local? How about…which leader will develop a viable economic plan to create jobs, rid the high crime rate, and educate our people. Does the average Jamaican knows what the national debt is? We need to stop voting along party lines BLINDLY and take stock of the pressing issues. We need to challenge our leaders to perform while in public office.
12/15/2011
The same poll also shows that Peter Bunting enjoys a nine percentage point lead over Danville Walker. This after the JLP mass spending and focus on the constituency of Central Manchester. It appears that Danville is headed for a worse defeat than Sally Porteous. This would make a better front page headline for the observer as it is more sensational. who makes the decision what get's printed when? I hope you also publish frontpage Don Anderson's party standings if the PNP is leading.
12/15/2011
The question remains how many of these are registered to vote and will vote come dec. 29th? Is this one poll(namely Observer/Don Anderson) or many polls(two or more diffrerent polls)? Please clarify since this is very misleading Observer as you try to shore up support for your party.
12/15/2011
All I care about is that these thugs don't start any war over the two parties. cause at the end of the day. Both parties R not going to help them buried their love 1's. So, let have a civilized electiong come Dec 29. We Ja need young leaders right now in our society, because older leaders from both parties R out of touch with the current geneation. You can't trick them today, cause they R aware of what's taken place all over the world and how other ppl are protecting against their Govt.
12/15/2011
jamaicans vote for ur children and grand children
12/15/2011
Two weeks is a very long time on the political calender. I remember when Al Gore was on top of all the polls days before the election in the U.S election, and we know how it ends up.
12/15/2011
I am not surprised at the results of the polls . It is quite obvious that the present PM would be a better Leader and PM overall . what surprises me is that I thought the polls would have shown a greater lead in favor of Holness. We will await the results of the elections on Dec. 29th.
12/15/2011
Don't sleep Drew, still a mountain of work to do before the 29th....already the JLP Campaign is off key in some respects....Need to keep hitting Comrades on Crime | Education | Economy | Health.
12/15/2011
cheese to chalk...Andrew is cheese
12/15/2011
All the Polls are showing similar results, the JLP ahead by a nose but still a statistically dead heat. What is on interest however is the JLP has been gaining and the momentum is with that party.
On a second note I am happy the party has silence Mr Hylton and he was fact becoming the Bruce of the PNP, he was causing significant levels of embarrassment to the with too many wrong "headline" stories.
Good move Portia
12/15/2011
All three polls including the most credible (Don Anderson) are now showing a lead for the JLP, with little less than a two week period left for campaigning it seem like we might be able to call the winner if another poll comes out by Christmas...but this poll looks like it reflects what I see happening on the ground especially in the west like St James and Honover
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