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Pollster Don Anderson
Pollster Don Anderson has revealed that the general sentiment among the electorate is that the opposition People's National Party (PNP) has become more reactive rather than proactive on national issues.
This, he believes, has accounted for the narrowing of the PNP's lead over the governing Jamaica Labour Party, in comparison to last September's poll.
Notwithstanding the PNP's 4.7% lead in voter support, the parties are locked in a statistical dead heat in relation to the question of who would do a better job managing the country's affairs.
Thirty-four per cent of those polled believe the JLP would do a better job of running the country, marginally ahead of the 32 per cent who favour the PNP on that question.
Twenty-one per cent were undecided while 13 per cent said neither party.
Mr Anderson, CEO of Market Research Services, noted as well that the trend continued across the polls in respect of younger voters being mostly undecided.
In a further breakdown of the demographics, the latest poll shows the PNP's strongest support - 41 per cent would come from among the 55-64 age cohort.
The JLP's main bloc of support is among people 65 and older, although there is an equal percentage of voters from this age cohort who would vote in favour of either party.
The RJRGLEANER Don Anderson poll, conducted among 1,201 registered voters across the country from January 29 to February 13, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95 per cent confidence level.
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