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The Don Anderson poll, commissioned by the RJR Communications Group, has revealed that the majority of Jamaicans felt too much money was spent on the visit of US President Barack Obama to the island in April.
The poll was conducted from June 15 -30. Sixty-four per cent of respondents felt that too much money was spent on the visit, while 31 per cent disagreed with that view.
On the other hand 48 per cent felt that the visit was necessary (with 43% disagreeing) and 62 per cent agreed with the proposition that the visit will improve Jamaica's international reputation, and 56 per cent felt that Jamaica will benefit from the visit.
In April, President Obama became only the second sitting US President to visit Jamaica, after Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s. He held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Portia Simpson at Jamaica House, and later met with Heads of Government of CARICOM at the University of the West Indies (UWI).
One of the most talked-about engagements during the visit was the town hall meeting he held with young people at the Mona campus of the UWI.
In the weeks leading up to the visit significant attention was given to the level of emergency public spending, particularly to improve the condition of roads that were likely to be part of the route for the US President's activities around Kingston.