Forty-three percent of 350 registered voters surveyed in the Roseau South Constituency believe Dominica is heading in the right direction while 28 percent are unsure of the country’s direction.
These are the results of a survey conducted by local company ‘Data Driven’ over a period of two weeks beginning in July.
The results of the survey were released on Friday by general manager and chief analyst of the company, Delroy Pierre.
According to him, based on data collected, more voters feel that their situation has improved and believe that the country is moving in the right direction.
He said the survey revealed that 73 percent of Dominica Labor Party (DLP) supporters felt that the country was heading in the right direction while 11 percent of United Workers Party (UWP) supporters shared the same view.
In terms of the improvement of their life situation, 45 percent believe it has improved, 28 percent say it remains the same, while 27 percent think it had gotten worst.
“Twenty-five percent of UWP voters felt that their situation was better than it was five years ago as compared to 66 percent of DLP voters who believed that their situation is better,” Pierre noted. “This is compared to 53 percent of UWP voters who felt that their situation is worse and only five percent Labor party voters believed that their situation is worse.”
Pierre added that the leader of the parties is another major influence on voters’ choice, based on the survey.
“When we asked Labor Party voters who do they believe is a better leader, 99 percent of Labor Party voters believed that the leader of the Labor Party is a better leader, as compared to 72 percent of the UWP people who believed that their leader is a better leader,” he noted.
Pierre remarked that based on the data, if voters decided to vote for the DLP in the Roseau South constituency, it might be that they are voting because of the strength of the leadership as compared to the strength of the candidate contesting that constituency.
He noted that the Roseau South constituency was chosen for the survey because it does not have “a clear cut winner.”
The constituency is being contested by Ambrose George for the DLP and Joshua Francis for the UWP.
He also stated one of the main problems in Dominica is the lack of data in political discourse.
“Most of the discussions are not supported by data,” Pierre remarked. “Consequently, there is a need for data particularly in the political sphere that can guide proper discussion and direct proper understanding of the matter. The objective was to collect and present independent data.”
Data Driven describes itself as “a locally registered research company specializing in designing, analyzing and interpreting of information about specified target groups or markets.”
I am not against any one and i do not support any one either …i suggest that such a question could have a better out come with a referandum…
again to often people say ,”you have no experience” this short phrase means a lot ,we must all start some where ,then we achieve experience,,,
Delroy, whom you trying to fool now man? You just a one-man band and no experienced pollster. Even Peter Wickham would laugh at you. If you wan to do something do it properly and not amateurish like that. That is an embarrassment and make yourself ridiculous..
@ () I never claim to be bright but at the same time I don’t claim to be dumb we all have our limitations, my punctuations may not be rite or my spelling may not be rite but that does not mean I cant comprehend what I read or when I see progress to not say so I might be an illiterate to you but I rather be that than an educated fool. LOL. Most time when I post on here am at work and in a hurry so I don’t go back to see if I make mistakes I see a lot of mistakes on here but I do get what people are saying. PS by me needing to go to night school will not change the 18-3 results so by you being insultive will get you know where. And who ever moderates on DNO on the weekend sure hates my views cause they deleted my response to you which was not demeaning in no way shape or form.
This is the most confusing survey I have come across in a while. Sir, with this piece of letters and numbers (can’t call or consider this data or information), you have just allow your credibility to be washed down the gutter; it has just proven that you are “singing for your supper”. After this piece of rubbish… it seems life will be indeed be improved for you.
SMH
I just have a few questions as it pertains to the survey…what was teh age demographics of the people surveyed, what is the magin of error and what part of the Roseau South was sampled ? I think these are a few areas Mr. Pierre could have addressed as well.
Alas, alas……why does everything have to be color based? The results sound so empty.
wannabe polster or analyst
@lizavier4Jesus, do not be lazy for Jesus and do not be carried away by lipsticks and jackets. It may not b a reflection of a blooming economy. There is a high percentage of young and able people not employed and yet they dress better than you and some have vehicles extra and one wonders where the money is coming from; but survey shows that a great majority are resorting to stealing, drugs, prostitution and illegal activities. ICo, it is fair that you look at the wider picture.
Do the maths, the cost of living, the taxes and the like. before you blurt. One more thing, ALWAYS write Jesus with a capital J. Show repect for his most Holy Name.
give this no attention, this is just a story being used to deflect us from the announcement made by Linton, that DLP mouth piece and the DLP leader fabricated everything concerning sensitive info that was licked by the IPO members.
Really Mr. Pierre? “Most of the discussions are not supported by data,” Pierre remarked. “Consequently, there is a need for data particularly in the political sphere that can guide proper discussion and direct proper understanding of the matter. The objective was to collect and present independent data.” Ok then wait for the data. What is this supported with.? Man, give me something good to read that makes sense. Not all Dominicans are illiterate, uneducated and so gullible. Is this supposed to scare someone? Well not me. I’m not red or blue but this definitey has a red slant. I’m not in DA and I expect that when I sign onto DNO I get good information about the country. Thank you.
delroy,
come on….are you really submitted such unstatistical data….and the presentations……is questionable
if Dominica data is so unavailable, please tell me why 100 of your result isn’t a surprise?
here is a simple question for you your sample need; what are the drivers for growth for the voters in Roseau south that cause their situation to be better ? especially labor party supporters?
more questions for you? on what is Dominica’s economy sustaining itself, if it is a sustainable economy? what is our income driven producer? ask your sample voters if they know the development plan for Dominica in the various sector to have a discuss?
come on Delroy, their are still a few strategies around.
BOLO
SMA
I always believe that the only poll results that matter are those declared as confirmed and final by the Chief Electoral Officer.
Having said this, the reactions below are predictable. DLP supporters have reasons to cheer because their man has triumphed in Roseau South in the last elections, even amidst an unrelenting and blistering attack from the UWPwee. Unfortunately for the UWPwee, it is stuck in lalaland, ceaselessly refusing to admit what is real. This incapacity to accept reality we see it embedded in the DNA of the UWP (see its reactions to election results, courts cases, and investigations that do not go its way).
What is worse for the blues though is the false hope that the party continues to give its supporters. From the start, Eddo told his followers “fear no more” because once they had taken over from Mamo in 1995 all victimization would have stopped. That did not turn out to be correct. They promised banana farmers a ridiculous price of $1 per pound for bananas, but that too, was unsustainable and it fell apart. They promised “boots on the ground”, never to recognize the authority of Aliz Boyds-Knight or Chalres Savarin, etc, etc. Today, Team Dunce (with permission, Tony) promises results that only a deluded team or a wizard can conjure. Yet…..we know the reality. The incredulity of the blue vex supporters here is therefore, very understandable. They have been conditioned to believe in unicorns (myths) and reject reality.
Yet, Labourites cannot be complacent. Ambrose is a wounded and old warrior. He has known his heyday. He is simply stubbornly holding on to something that he should have given up since who-knows-when. Even among Labourites, he is not a very popular choice for Roseau South simply because he seems disconnected from so many constituents. Besides, the sheer magnitude of the challenges in that constituency makes it one of the most difficult to manage in Dominica. So, the only results that matter are those from the election poll. Go out to vote.
totally agree with you…Ambruise should hve stepped down as he indicated last election, give a new face a more energetic, trustworthy individual to run for DLP in Roseau South….Ambruise has failed to do anything for Roseau South, not then not now..I voted last election bcuz of PM…this time around sorry PM am not voting and so will alot of ppl bcuz of Ambruise….WE WANT A CHANGE…. NOT FOR BLUE…. BUT FOR ANOTHER DLP PARL REP!
We have a saying:”don’t shoot the messenger”, which implies that we should listen to the message instead. However, this does not always apply. In this case. “Data Driven” is claimed to be a local company. However, it is not listed anywhere in Dominica and the only contact reference is a local mobile telephone number. 317 3684. It turns out that mr. Delroy Pierre is a resident of St. Maarten, mobile tel. no. 523 5742 and connected to the Community Tutoring Foundation there ( in Cul-de Sac),…or at least he WAS, where he also promotes himself under the label of “consulting business service” and boasts about his Chinese/Caribbean connections. `there is a website: http://www..datadriveninfo.com, which is constructed using the Vistaprint builder, which is however incomplete and does not go into details when the “read more” fields are pressed.
For an educationalist mr. Pierre appears to be lacking in basic grammar when he uses “guage”, instead of “gauge”
twice in the headline of his incomplete website.
In short, it would appear we are dealing here with an individual, rather than an an enterprise, who is desperate to make an impact on the local scene.and his message should be read in this context.
That is why they want [ Arm-bruise ] to stay there. If you look the majority that supporting Mr is those you fine that lazy, dont want to work and like freeness.
I live in New Town all my life , when was that survey done? cause no one came to question me. T hey know who they choose to question, Those who are looking to getting from the little office next to the fisheries. They same set of people you see there every Thursday begging for something.
Mr Telemaque, the lady spoke her mind, you could just give her a thumbs down, there was no need to criticize her. Dominica is democratic, I don’t see why she cannot give her comment as a Dominican. We say that Dominica is going nowhere, but what are we doing about that. Why don’t you do something in your community when you have the chance, so the youth in your community will see that you care about them. We can all speak our minds about what is not right, but we also have to do our share in our community. Stop insulting people one day and when something happens to them, we start seeing their good side. Life is short, very short, so let us start doing instead of criticizing everybody who we disagree with. Suggest a positive solution minus insults.
You know; I did not actually criticize the person you know; I simply thought she/he may have looked at it as if I suggested that Ambrose will be victorious. Hence, I thought of doing some clarification on the subject. Let me reiterate that Delroy has no actual clue as to what he is talking about.
I suspect people like him are paid by the government to distort the truth in the government favor. Anybody in Dominica today who make the claim that life has become better for them under this administration, may only make such claims in fear that if they do not lie to support the government they or some family benefactor of something from the government will lose whatever they are benefiting.
Secondly, those who claim their life is better off now than twenty-four, or twenty-five thirty years ago may be living off the politicians such as the prime minister as a parasites.
These days there are lots of Labor Party parasites in the country, they fear to complain, because if the host on which they live finds out they have spoken out against their host politician, and the government their source of survival will be cut off.
That is a strange, and hard way to exists in this life!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
Why do make make all these unsubstantiated assumptions as though they are facts or true. Do you know your assumptions are your windows on the world, scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.
How the country (Dominica) can be moving in the right direction and the healthcare system is a failure. My friend u need to conduct another survey from real people who will tell you de real truth. They don’t need the government boots to tell you de truth. Mr. Francisco T. I support you 100% everything you said is truth I have seen witness and experience this before You hammer the nails in the right direction thanks
This survey was done at Ambrose’s house. No where else. A constituency with thousands of voters, you talking about 350…..chuupes
I am not a politician and am not for either party, but certain things makes me sad. When I saw the condition that some of the elderly and those who have a disability are living it hurt my heart. Progress is when this people are taken care of. Progress is when a better healthcare system is in place, Progress is when our hospitals and nursing homes are up to date and highly facilitated. Progress is when the elderly and those with a disability is taken care off. Not some but all. I know what am talking about because I saw with my two eyes their condition. The thing that hurt me the most is when I see people who can’t help themselves and no one really cares about them. A system should be setup in every village, have someone in charge and see to it everyone of this people is taken care of. I know for a fact there are the elderly and those with a disability who goes to bed hungry. Many times the most high God send a good Samaritan to take care of them. Progress is when our city streets are being clean. Progress is when the road from the airport is being taken care of. The first impressions are lasting ones .when the brain stores some thing it last for a very long time. Progress is when jobs can be created for this young people who completed college. Don’t get me wrong I know some progress have been made, but the number one form of progress should be in the healthcare system. Many people want to come and retire in DA you know what the first thing they search on the web is our healthcare system. They change their minds because of that. Don’t get me wrong I love DA, but am just stating the facts. I thing a survey should be conducted saying DA is trying to make progress. Its not there yet once you don’t have a good hospital and healthcare system.
You are entitled to express your feelings as to what progress means to you but it does not carry the same meaning for everyone. Why would you believe that real progress in Dominica should be solely judged on having a good Hospital and Health care system, it is such a narrow view and general statement to define progress in your Country without comprehending socioeconomic realities regarding the
true meaning of the phrase “Health care system” not only in Dominica but globally.
I don’t believe that there is to much progress in DA. I believe he should return to live in DA to see the how hard it is in DA. One of the progress I se is people are living above their means. I cannot live there cost of living is to high. I went to the grocery store in the city (Roseau) I told myself how this guys survive. When I saw the condition of the hospital I wanted to cry I could not believe that’s how the place look. I prayed to God that he would take care of me on the Island. The healthcare system should be the number one priority in any country that you live in. Progress is when you have a good health facility to take care of your people. The same people who are conducting surveys and saying the country is progressing how many of them return to live in Dominica none. They would run back the same day when they start experiencing hard time. Talk is cheap and people must talk and people will talk. What little progress that I see is people living above their means. They get things that they cannot afford, that’s why they get themselves in a lot of trouble. I am happy that the state of Dominica takes care and build houses for the less fortunate that makes my heart glad, I don’t thing I can return to live in DA cost of living is to high, and there is not a good health care system. I felt so sad when I saw Roseau. It need a make over. I could not take the atmosphere. I went there once or twice. It should be taken better care of. Many of the old buildings need to be torn down. Progress is having an up to date healthcare facility (hospital) good roads coming from the airport and giving Roseau a makeover. Anyway I still love paradise Island DOMINICA. There are resources that U can’t find anywhere in the world. My nature Island plant anything and it blossoms.
Magistre la dire sa ki pa content, allez checher nenen yo et mainez nous en Tribunal, comme labetill.
Lies ad more lines to work on the minds of the people.
When I look at this survey/Data, this is really immature. This guy has no idea what he is talking about. Take for instance he claims that 43% of the 350 registered voters surveyed think that the country is heading in the right direction and 28% think it is heading in the wrong direction. Now, what happened to the other 29% which apparently happens to be 102 people. This is a significant number without an opinion. Yet, he claims that 73% of labor supporters believe that the country is going in the right direction, 11% of UWP supporters believe that which means 16% does not have an opinion. Now what is this number 73% based on. Is it 73% of 350 or the children who cannot vote. In another set of statistics cited, he claims 45% of the surveyed believe that things are improving, 28% believe things are the same and 27% believe that things have gotten worse. Therefore, 55% of those surveyed do not believe that things are improving. What about those who do not have an opinion. There is clearly an outlier some where in this survey. Who ever paid him to conduct this survey should demand a refund. I believe a better survey would have been a straight forward question and that is, which party is in a better position to win the next election ? and that should be conducted in every constituency and only then he should reveal his percentages based on responses and let the chips fall where they may. Otherwise, I see his survey/data as epic nonsense.
Is this the Newest chronicle reporting. Where did the money come from to pay for the survey.
Those fly by night analyst …….hmm i careful with that. Mr. Pierre …background, experience etc etc etc.
This is elementary work. Sounds like something conducted by highschool students. Sir , if you are using a sample population then a particular distributuin must be selected example binomial. Then your results must be calculated within a specific confidence level. Example 95% is the most pupular.
You cannot use the percentage of the 350 as a true reflection of the entire population unless a distribution is used. And the sample must be randomly selected
Dominica is heading for a fall if we don’t change the Government, that not even all the King horses and all the King men will be able to put Dominica together again.
Fools laugh at their own CALAMITY!
How can a country be heading in the right direction when it’s main economic driver – income generator is TAXATION (direct & indirect) and seeking handouts from aid doners, which are few and far between.
Realistically speaking, if I were to say that over 50% of the eligible working population are unemployed would it be a gross exaggeration?
• What’s it’s economic stimulus package?
• Where’s the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)?
• Where’s the buoyancy in It’s key commodity sectors
(both visible and invisible goods)?
• Where’s the healthy climate of a “feel good factor” where
wealth creation is a norm?
• The list goes on and on and on – so you add yours to it.
That guy must be grazing with the Donkeys… he is…. man whatever! Right direction ????
MR Delroy can provide data to show that there is not clear cut forerunner. you make such statement but there is no data in survey to support this view quite interesting yet to make bold statement that is because of leader that whyy labour will the roseau south i am quite baffle by to your two statement without any data to support this. i will not come any conclusion of your still you provide a response to my statement i give opportunity to clarify yourself
I would like to know what methodology he uses and who paid for the survey. i showed this article to a man who does political surveys for a living and he could not stop laughing. He almost fell out of the chair.
But my comment is in the 19 polling stations areas in RS which areas did this so called researcher surveyed? If Ambrose won by over 900 votes then why there is no clear front runner in that race? by his own conclusion UWP is most likely to win if the elections are fair. This guy has done a disservice to himself and his reputation.
I’m pleased to see that we have a local data company at home. The use or attempted use of Scientific methods to conduct investigations into this area is refreshing. However, the results, well I don’t believe them.
How can things be improving when we’re; last in Direct Foreign Investment, we maintain the most expensive port charges in the OECS, plus high unemployment and a miniscule private-sector led investment. Were the participants so drunk with cheap rum that they were unable to decipher fact from fiction when questionnaires were administered or were they annoyingly partisan to their own detriment and future growth and development?
What kind of local company is that? One man with a mobile phone, who lives in St. Maarten. Sometimes we are too gullible and swallow everything we read as the gospel.
I want a debate so we can make an
Informed choice
I think i told you once to go to the Red Clinic, make you master Skerrit buy you an exercise book and a pencil and YOU MUST GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL.
O you forgot to sat a lead Pencil lol another Marigot expression Lead Pencil. Lol!
tomfoolery – Like my friend Marigot would say I think Tomfoolery was a Marigot word. Lol If he is reading he will have a great big laugh. Just Like the word betterment ,he thought it was a Marigot word too .We enjoy these words jokes.
That’s why I think O is from Weirs.
That is another one that come to make a money Another goose. Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat.
I’m non partisan however I believe this survey deserves no credence… I would suggest leaving these surveys to more political oriented survey companies..
Who needs enemies when it’s your friends who are the ones that will stab you in the back. The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies, it comes from friends and love ones.
I live in Roseau South, and Ambrose George will never get my vote again. This man all he knows is to make a BBQ by his place he doesn’t do jack all. We in Eggleston are fed up of him and dont want to see him, if you see our ROAD. Its time for a CHANGE.
@roseau VOTE HIM OUT! Is only then he will Pwen Couwee!
45% of the people believe that their life situation have improved? EXCUSE ME!!!!!!! That is about 158 people out of 350. Not in this difficult Dominica. THIS SURVEY IS UNBELIEVABLE!
The solution to the poverty and hardship on island is to VOTE THE LABOUR PARTY OUT!
I am voting in Roseau South, and it’s Joahua Francis all ther way. Ambrose can Pwen Couwe all now so! He must not wait to start running away after the results. Ambrose the writing is on the wall for you. READ IT!
bon dieux Where mister come out. We doh need survey and data to know somethings. In this case all we need is to know the number of children coming to school without breakfast, the number of men who feel inferior because they cannot provide for their family and whop long ago public servants received a reasonable salary increase. Just notice how empty Roseau is at this time. No one is shopping school stuff. We are waiting for vouchers from red clinic to get a school shoe. Bon Dieux Why some people coming here to mess up our head more than it is nuh?
@Really I am doing like you. I will also vote for progress.
JOSHUA FRANCIS for sure!
Some people never satisfy with what they have but the more we waht the less we get, the grass is not always green on the other side. God is a very good God we must be very careful of what we say and what we do becuase he is the only one who knows the truth. Almighty God in your blessed name choose the the party that will help the people of DA because they are in it for thier pocket. Do your will oh Lord.
We all know this is a bogus survey. Skerrit will try anything in disguise.
@Francisco Telemaque July 18, 2014
You need to shut up Elizabeth! Just because you went to Dominica and some politician entertained you by filling your belly with some cheap boiled bananas, roast salt fish, and coconut water====Where in hell’s name did you get that kind of information; since it most certainly did not come from me. As I have told you before–not only that you are a filthy thief stealing the writings of other people and claiming it as your own–that is called plagiarism–you are also the great liar of this world–because you father the devil is the father of lies.
I simply thought that you were human being when I told that someone invited me to him, while I was in Dominica last year–this meeting never took place because I did not have enough time, in two weeks to fill it in.
I never told you about this because it was non of your damn business in the first place–all of this personal things that you have been writing below my comments here are nothing but nasty and false speculations. You are doing this because you cannot accept that I have rejected your friendship.
You are really a mad, mad man, if you do not know it is wrong to do things like that–I do not understand why DNO is posting those comments of yours
How many of your family in Dominica can afford that? So, you can go ahead and talk crap======It is none of your damn concern what my family can afford; it is because I have witnessed their Lifestyle, which is satisfactory to me–that is the reason I am on my way back to Dominica to be with them; your negative rhetoric cannot change my mind.
And stop using my comments to make DNO readers think that you are a money man–for I know that you are not; you are stuck in Los Angeles in the cage of debts; that is the reason you cannot even visit Dominica, much more to decide to live there–you are nothing of the person whom you are claiming here, and I know it.,
Let me show you what is false speculation, and actually an accusation: “plagiarism”. You have for more than two years accused me of plagiarism. I challenged you many times to disclose who’s writing, who’s work I copy as mine, and post it verbatim on DNO so that you can prove that you found my source.
You are not able to produce one single speck of evidence!
Don’t you think it is time for you to simply shut up, and stop harassing me as you have done all Saturday, last night and all in the other forum; remember I told you I will have to change my identity by changing my name so that I can evade you. You promised you are going to haunt me for the rest of your life even after your death you said your sprit will continue to haunt me.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! You will be in Hell where the body soul, and sprit burns forever, you will be too busy ordering your sprit to find water to quench your thrust, neither you and your crazy sprit will find the time to come to prowl Los Angeles to find me, never mind haunt me!
Have a nice day, you young sucooyant, you think I (doh) know you flying from Canada to Los Angeles every night to come and drain all my blood while I am asleep? The reason you cannot get inside is because of all the garlic, and horse shoe I have hanging all over me house keeping you out oui!
Take that, remember what I told you will happen even in thirty year from now because you made me get a citation) in your parking lot in Canada. Watch and see, you sucooyant!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
most of u all seems to disagree with the researcher cause u all are so blind to see and acknowledge that ambrose will still will
DNO I am asking that you do not print the comments of Francisco Etienne Telemaque when it is about my comments–that man has no truth in him about me–we interacted as friends for a few months in 2011, from that time I got to know who he really is–especially that DNO audience was my conviction–I have rejected that man’s friendship, but he cannot accept that rejection,,
That man is speaking as if he knows me from head to toe, but he doesn’t, and all of the personal things that he writes here against my comments are all lies and false allegations.
DNO I believe that this man is using your website to harass me, because I have rejected him as a friend, I am asking you please, do not accept those post of his about me–they are too personal but extremely false and made-up information–that is not fair.
This man is using your website to breakdown my credibility; I am a woman of God and I do not deserve this; also I do not want to go back and forth about my personal Life with this man on a public website.
I am aware that he is doing the work of Satan, who is his father, against me– but you alone can stop this by God’s command –I hope you will consider my plead. Thank you for your consideration.
You see how stupid you are, you like to make trouble, but when I give you the heat you run praying, and crying to DNO to fight your battles. Everything I say about you is true!
How come I do not cry when you are all over the place telling people that I am plagiarizing? You can through that in my face everyday for the rest of your life, that will not fade me. You know why, you and I did not attend the same educational institutions.
You told me you were a little twelve year old teacher girl in your village; well, when you were a little twelve year old teacher girl, Francisco might be in kindergarten in government school in Wesley, I remember the first day I went my class was in the old; what the called School kitchen.
Two weeks later, I remember I was moved from there to what the called then Stage 1 (one) the rest is history, I left while still a kid after without completing Elementary, nevertheless, I finished Elementary in Antigua, and attended Hill Secondary School, my collage education commenced in England, and completed in the United States where I attended both College, and University.
You on the other hand have never sat in a College, nor University not for even one second in all of your life, never mind one day, much less graduating with a degree.
The kid has four scientific degrees, that is how I came by my knowledge, which you are jealous of, and will never gain to the day you die, even if you go back to school now and major in the same field of science as I did, Elizabeth you would die before you graduate in any of the science in my field.
If you try to compete with me academically, you will go crazy, because you are not academically educated, and that’s the difference between you and I!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
Woman of God, why did you use the word dam? It is better to hold your peace and take it to the Lord in prayer. Damn and go to hell etc. is not for decent people like you. Live that for the vermins and vagabonds. The loud people.
Father God I pray that they have not taken over DNO like the Chronicle.Amen.
UWP supporters are so transparent, if the result was in your favor you would sing a different song. You know why you can never win? Not because DLP strong but becuz you weak. Instead of checking where u weak and fix it u just there calling people names when they do not talk in ur favor
welcome to another beating come 2015 cuz that’s when election is going to call
This guy went to study in the Virgin Islands. Never returned to Dominica to live and enjoy all the sweetness that he is trying to convince people about. He has his job as a teacher at one of the high schools in SXM, he teaches at the University of St. Martin (or use to) he and his wife runs the GED program on SXM. If Dominica is so sweet why doesn’t he head down there? I will tell you why. Life is sweet here. He is trying to keep his cousin, Vince Henderson as ambassador.. So what do you expect. Delroy go rest yourself before you hurt yourself.
Mr Pierre it’s not your fault, it’s Skerrit’s.
Joshua Francis is incharge of Roseau south now.
Bye, bye to Mr. Ambfell. no more Ambrose
Some people vote for the Party Leader, others vote for the candidate. There are still some who will vote for “the Name of the Party.” Whoever you vote for, always vote wisely and ensure that you do not regret voting for the wrong one.
I would prefer to call that a madamvey than a survey.
Am sitting here chuckling to myself, what I would like to ask for all the crying babies on here, had the report was in you all favor would you all say the same thing you all saying now or would it be we told you all so? HAHAHAHA but just like ANU when the votes are tallied up we will know which poll was right and which was wrong. So till then I reserve my comment on polls till the election is called.
@real possie Real possie are you a DOTISH. or what? Tell me which line or paragraph shows that this so ccalled survey is favouring any political Party. I think i told you once to go to the Red Clinic, make you master Skerrit buy you an exercise book and a pencil and YOU MUST GO TO NIGHT SCHOOL.
You are too dam illiterate to be on there spraying tomfoolery viruses.
@ () i never once said on here am that bright so please give me a break but for some reason you just as bad as me, there’s a saying educated fools always used it but never really think of it till lately so my friend you might be educated but LOL, please re-read the numbers and see who they think it favors it might be wrong it might be right but for all the braying you all do on here about the Gov. even 11% of your party felt that they are heading in the right direction but i did not go to school so am just a fool, i wonder which is worse the educated one or just the damn fool LOLOLOLL.
Boy, something in real possie’s post and the related survey has realy gotten to you. Such venom. Such vileness!! The only missing part in your post is a Danny Lugay stunt. Sheeeesh!!
@real possie Don’t be offended. For an extended period of time you have only been blogging garbage on this medium. To be elated over this farse which you see as a poll or survey, really speaks volumes of your level of stupidity and illiteracy. I fully concur that you are a gullible foot stool of a corrupt party.
pure horse manure
We’ll I don’t believe that this was done in Dominica
I believe it was done in dum in ni ca,
not Dominica but RUMinica.
I amn hoping that other than Francisco Etienne Dods Telemaque, people who live outside of Dominica do not read this mess, because it is a real terrible piece of confused madness..
We all know the writing is on the wall for Ambruise in Roseau South!
I would hope that you do not misinterpret my comments regarding the survey. So let me say my comment is not supporting the idea that Ambrose George is going to win his seat.
All I am saying is this: If Delroy only spoke to 350 people in that constituency, he could quote percentage as much as he wish, his finds, and results cannot by any means be accurate. That is why I say he does not know what the heck he is talking about.
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
@ Francisco Dods Your comment is understood. It’s only that i am hoping that this shame Delroy has presented is not read by too many people who will laugh at Dominicans, because Delroy is a Dominican.
Oh, i am sure you said the same thing when you heard the 18 – 3 whopping in 2009. We are in 2014 and that record has remained. Let’s see where your stubborn refusal to accept reality gets you this time. My advice is to have a jelly coconut, breathe deeply, and get with the program!
45 % say life got better . Yes but hear that. 28 % say life is the same bull crap and not gotten better under the labour cabals. 27 % say life got worst worst worst lol . Add 28% plus 27% how much u getting????? The majority of people are saying that life in Dominica sucks !!!!! Since theses nuisances cabals greedy animal hearted ego serial atrocious Criminalistic psychotic maniacs came in power for 15 years now .and still looking for 5 more years .
Don’t worry . They are going soon., and Roseau South is falling too!
They forgot to do the Math. There are MORE people worse than before, or stagnant. I wonder if the 45 percent in agreement really understood what was asked of them. Also, some people will say anything in your face.
Sucks in what way? Ask them to give you an explanation of what they really mean.
I suspect that this is another distraction by the skerrit administration, but we are not fooled one bit, we know what’s happening on the ground in Dominica. Roseau South cannot represent the state of living in Dominica.
Mr looking so smart in the picture and is that (ZE ZER) (BULLOCK) NONSENSE he is publishing?
BC he has specs/glasses? lol
Why doing think there is a glass? As he lieing, so he drinking ramgoat water.
Oh my! That likkle survey report is too hard to swallow, huh? Yea, i feel your pain!!
Roseau South is going to be the BIGGEST UPSET in the next election! It will be counted among the SEVERAL seats which Labour will lose.
Oh Yea? You must be some fortune teller or physic.
HA HA
How can Roseau South be an upset when you are claiming that you have it in the bag?
@ha ha
you have the right name, laughing @ yourself stupid foolish team Dominica cannot touch Roseau South up to now all you cannot get that yet.
But But But Mr mad man.
I cannot understand a heck there nah!
Sir for Skerrit you did that? Way Papa! Look JOO BOOM!
Garbage!!
This poll is inconclusive…….non of the stats provided interest me…. the poll was conducted in roseau soutj but yet still no questions about the candidates… how did they arrive at the at the conclusion that there is no clear cut winner?
If you are a smart person and well-versed in how Polls are conducted, you would know that the Poll pertains to the Parties, not individual candidates. This is the usual norm. Check out the manner in which those Polls are conducted in progressive countries. This is how they are conducted; never about the candidates.
Well tnormally when polls are conducted in progressive countries, the results usually make sense. Tell me, what have u deduced from the results of this poll?
Clearly, you have a problem reading and understand something that was not produced by one of your blue vex bwoys. Maybe you should ask your Great-White-Hope to interpret for you.
To me this is not really a poll. It merely states the statistics, i.e the percentage of persons who say one thing or the other. The people who have commented, have you all taken the percentages or the figures they represent and put them alongside each other to get a sense of what is said here before saying assuming that the young man is supporting or favouring any particular party?
What a confused statement .Have never read such a confused data survey.
Would like to know who is the Owner of this company.
No reflection of the true state of our island.
Contact the owner of the company.
You should know that everyone has a different version about the country. It depends whom you talk to and based on their educational background and status.
The country is heading in the right direction? Life is better? Not surprising. This was mainly a survey of DLP voters.
@Not a herd follower
This is the worst ever survey conducted in the entire world.
@ ha ha and not a herd follower
this is NOT the worst survey, the worst ,is when they tell UWP about the sunrise and they will win that the worst.
You are speculating that this survey was conducted with mainly DLP voters? Did you not read the article?
Those who think life is not better in D/ca considering previous years must be blind, deaf and sleeping. How much better do you expect D/ca to be than it is at present?
Anyone in their right mind would say something like that? Them People never had a little saveings that disappeared like mine?
Stupes!
Well padna you say data driven but there are many questions that you could ask: age, new voter, educational background, financial status ect. to give a more comprehensive or data driven analysis, Toneh!
Pierre you ought to have learned something else in your studies of statisitcs. They tell lies.
A historical joke on stats goes as follows(.Back in the day Guest Industries owed their owe boats) There was a guy D/can don’t recall his name. But always talking about the british housewife bla,bla bla when it came to what kind of banana she preferred etc. As a boy I recall tease him as he drove down our street British House wife and run.
Short guys in DA had a hard time back then we called them Dwaft Cavendish.
Okay enough deviation
The jokes asked the following : If a banana boat/Guest boat (1) boat, could go from DA to Portsmouth England in 4 days
How long would it take 512 boats stats calculated 11.25 mins.
Surveys etc can become like a GPS can send you in a Ravine.
Even Mike Murphy would see there is something wrong with that survey if it was presented to him.He once headed the Stats dept.
And, how do you deduce that all of these were not asked?…Toneh!!!
Data driven lies ,we go see how many planes and trains Tony land on election day and how many dead people vote
i couldn’t agree less with this data.. well done.. this is my question..
what if the voters were voting for their pal-rep and not pm candidate ?
what it the voters wasn’t voting because of personal benefit ?
what if voters were voting for who have a better vision for Dominica?
what if voters had to vote based on a debate between both parties?
i was told , who cares about country when everyone is looking for their pocket.. why we all the voters cant put country first?
I agree! I agree! I agree! Earlier I stopped short of saying that the questions polled do not give a total picture of the outcome of an election. We have some good thinkers but there are people who just bla bla with empty heads.
Research company releases results of political survey in Roseau South Constituency — 27 percent think it had gotten worst
I will continue to say that I was born and lived in Dominica for the first years of existences in this world–I left Dominica at young age in 1974 to settle in Toronto, Canada–I have leaved in Toronto for 40 years this past April
However I have visited Dominica twice in the past 6 years in 2008 for 6 weeks and just about a year ago in 2013, two weekd for my mom’s funeral
And if in 1974, Dominica was as it is today, nothing and now would make me leave my homeland–nothing at all. So those of you who are claiming that Dominica’s economy is getting worse, you have no idea what it is that they are saying–it must be that you are spoiled babies who have known no hardship–that is the reason you cannot accept and appreciate the goodness, which you now have.
However, for me, it must be that moving to Toronto was God’s plan for my Life–I cannot claim that this move was unfruitful, But it seem as if now that God is done with me in Toronto, He is willing me to go back to my homeland and my people–there is no way I am going to turn away from His command. God knows what He is doing in my Life; I believe that the greatest job is planted in my Dominica.
Sorry to say that to you people, you who are claiming darkness and misery in our Dominica, I have to tell you that it is the futile fruit of the grounds of your own mind.
Now it is up to you to continue to nurture this futile seed to continuous growth in your mind or to deny its growth, so that you will be able to welcome the fruits of Life–if I were you, I would choose the latter. Blessings!
THIS GUY NEEDS TO GET REAL AND LIVE ON THE ISLAND NOT VISIT.
This is not a guy but a mad and confused lady.
A large number of the young people are unemployed in Roseau South although it is so close to the town. No factories or industries to get them off the streets or on drugs. They depend on their poor hard working parents to feed them and pay their marijuana fines in court. Are they that daft or stupid to be burning in misery and poverty with no sign of hope and to say things are better??? Better with Alibaba and the 40 thieves for sure! Hahaha: we are in 2014. Young people get real: there is no need to fear: stand up and demand progress! It is your right and your duty! Joshua Francis has the vision, he has the energy, he has the plan. He feels your pain…… Choose a worker not a parasite!
Do you really believe that many of those whom you see unemployed in Roseau South actually want to work, much less to keep a regular job? The next time you pass through Roseau South and meet unemployed persons, speak with them and you will get a real understanding of the situation. I swear to you that many of them i have always known them to be unemployed. Some have held temporary jobs but they lack the discipline to remain employed and they are too lazy to employ themselves. Frankly, i pity the parl rep of that constituency, DLP or UWP or Freedom.
“And if in 1974, Dominica was as it is today, nothing and now would make me leave my homeland–nothing at all. So those of you who are claiming that Dominica’s economy is getting worse,”(Elizabeth Xavier).
You need to shut up Elizabeth! Just because you went to Dominica and some politician entertained you by filling your belly with some cheap boiled bananas, roast salt fish, and coconut water.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
You claim he is your friend, since then to you Dominica is the most prosperous place in the universe. That is the same way many Dominicans who kisses the Butt, of these politicians to get what the want feel, meanwhile the majority of our people are suffering. Here we have someone in Dominica going to jail because he stole some grafted mangoes.
There was a time at home no matter how much mangoes we had and try to sell you could not sell a single one, we gave those away, or they simply fell to the ground an rot. One time when I was a kid I tried to sell some mango long in my village of Wesley, everybody who walked past me ask “what are you doing” When I said selling mangoes, I was advised to look around me to see the amount of mangoes on the ground rotting! I did not sell a single one.
The last time I was in Dominica, a cousin of mine went to a certain Four-Connor in the village, ( Wesley that is), I saw some Grafted Mangoes hanging over to the street from someone yard, I attempted to pick a few, my cousin said to me “not those man.” I ask him why? He said “because there are better ones over there.” It is not customary for people to call police to people in Dominica for taking a few mangoes, or some ripe bananas. Whereas people are now prosecuting people for taking a few mangoes, that is an indication that life has gotten worst in the country!
We are talking about the infirmary, I have never seen as many people at one time in the poor house in Dominica. That in itself speaks volumes. What is wrong with you, and others like you. Yes some people such as the politicians are building large million dollar homes, that their salaries cannot afford them,, they are thieves, the drug dealers can afford to own homes, and other expensive commodities. But what happens to the majority of people who grovels for something everyday? You went and kiss up to the politician who fed you, he did that because you were fresh out of Canada, on vacation, but move back permanently, and see how long amnesia will take to overwhelm him, in a few days he will forget you. You are easily manipulated Elizabeth, but we know what is going in Dominica.
The average house in America is below four hundred thousand dollars, whereas the same size of house, poorly built in Dominica will cost US$700,000.00 to one US$1000,000.00 dollars . How many people working for less than a thousand East Caribbean dollars per month build a house for that kind of money?
Just incase you do not know, a million U. S. dollars in Dominica is equivalent to EC (East Caribbean Currency) of $2, 700,000.00 dollars. How many of your family in Dominica can afford that? So, you can go ahead and talk crap, support them in their nonsense until the economy of Dominica collapse. I can tell you how expensive concrete blocks are in Dominica right now, I bout some last month for my eighty year old sister, he who feels it knows it Elizabeth, you are just a joke!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
I usually say, I partially agree with you; today, I totally agree with you.
DNO I am asking you that you do not print the comments of Francisco Etienne Telemaque when it is about my comments–that man has no truth in him about me–we interacted as friend for a few months in 2011, from that time I got to know who really is–especially that DNO audience was my conviction–I have rejected that man’s friendship, but he cannot accept that rejection,,
That man is speaking as if he knows me from head to toe, but he doesn’t and all of the personal things that he writes against my comments are all lies and false allegations.
DNO I believe that this man is using your website to harass me, because I have rejected him as a friend, I am asking you please do not accept those post of his about–they are too personal but extremely false and made-up information.
This man is using your website to breakdown my credibility; I am a woman of God I do not deserve this but I do not want to go back and forth about my personal Life with this man–he is doing the work of Satan, who is his father– but you alone can stop this–I hope you will consider my plead. Thank you for your consideration.
Francisco you have been away to long with no visit. Stop this garbage
Hi Francisco
I often berate you for your lengthy posts; however I do applaud you for this post as the length is totally justified by the contents.
Sometimes you really have to spell it out to our fellow Dominicans. I suspect that tge majority of them are suffering from selective amnesia.
Well said and well done.
Stats for us from Liz who was an experienced school teacher in Giraudel prior to 1974. 1974 Nixon was in Office I think. The US had just landed on the moon Apollo 11.
The Jackson 5 was getting older. Soul train was big DA was 4 yrs from independence. Leblanc was still Preimer.Dom Can Timbers was cutting our forest Gaylords had just moved to England. Jeff Charles was on Wibbs .Creole was still a dialect of the poor country bookie. Exile One and Grammacks was just in swing Parish hall was the dancing spot
What that tells us FET?
Rather than commenting on what that tells us, I must say you have the potential to be a Dominica historian, and in general a historian!
You seem to know Elizabeth, and has convinced me she taught school as a little girl!
I remember the Gay Lords very well, Greg Barnis that great vocalists, we were friends, I think he eventually settled in England.
I remember Denis Joseph very well. I remember guy’s like Fitzroy, he was in another band ” De Boys An Dem.”
I still have some of their old Waxed Records, can’t play them any more since the old record players went out, and though they are on the rebound, they are not easily found, they are also very expensive now; the last time I saw one it cost seven hundred dollars.
FET.
I want you to come and live here like so many others you will be packing and returning when you will be hit with the high inflation, the level of health care and having leaved in Canada would know what health care is. However we really need those canadian dollars so come home. Hope you made use of the opportunities that presented themselves to you in Canada.
Well said @ lizavier. One word PRETENDERS.
Ms. Xavier, all I can say to you is ‘who feels it, knows it’. You say that you’ve lived oversees for some 40 years. I ask you, if things are so nice in Dominica, why haven’t you moved back home and started living here in Dominica, paying the hard taxes and receiving the little social benefits the country has? Why do you continue to live in your plush oversees country, enjoying the good life and trying to tell us what is good for us and what is not good for us? I maintain that unless someone is living in Dominica for an extending period of time (minimum 2 years), paying the taxes, the bills and groceries and earning a living in Dominica and no where else, they will never understand the hardships that some are living in Dominica.
I am not disrespecting god but really man. All u coming and visit da and run back and then coming and say it not in misery. U lived in canada for how many years and u coming and talk about da people lying. Well i have news flash for u i live in the us and i visited dominica a few months ago and tears rolled down my cheeks, cause alot of people are suffering down there. Food is expensive, how will the poor continue to survive? Not many jobs , only i know somebody that know somebody survives. The only people that are happy in da are those who have their jobs, big house, vehicles e.t.c . Well they think they are happy, until they join the less fortunate. Jesus please help my country!
I am now convinced that Ambrose is in big trouble if he has to resort to polls. Sikiri keep doing your work!
DNO, sorry to say, there is a total silence on the method used in the survey, without which the results publicized cannot be evaluated:
1. Was that a random sample taken on the streets?
2. What percentage of UWP and DLP respondents made up the 350 registered voters?
3. We need a copy of the questionnaire used to determine if questions were politically biased or loaded.
We cannot just publicize the results in a vacuum. Their reliability WILL be called in question.
my thoughts exactly. having an associated degree in research methods i must say i am confused at this so called.
Ambrose won by over 1000 votes!!!
@we the People
NOW he is going to LOSE by OVER 1000.
Start crying while it is early.
@ ha ha
dam foolish, he will win by tripling the 1000, team Dominica cannot touch Roseau south up to now you people cannot sink that down.
@girl It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but Ambruise is all but gone in Roseau South from a political stand point.
@We the People What does that have to do with his losing the next time?
It id my experience that, unfortunately most Dominicans are not moved by “data”. hat is a handicapped enjoyed by both the ruling party and the opposition but more so by the DLP because they tend to cater for the lowest common denominator.
Mor pertinent is the question: “who paid for the survey”?
Seems you are guilty of the same deficiency that you see in “most Dominicans” because the “who paid for the survey” appears to be the only pertinent question that you can cough up. The data do not seem to matter much to you! This is telling.
Hmmmm….interest.
BULL the country is heading down the drain….no jobs no money ..u cant expect ppl to keep on begging
Are you referring to yourself? If so, when last you prayed to God to assist you? When last you sought employment? Some people expect everything to be handed to them on a silver platter without lifting a finger. If they do not obtain their desires, they blame the government.
First we start with ourselves prior to blaming the government and others. When last you blamed yourself for the predicament of no employment and no money? Examine your conscience to know what you have done for yourself, to better yourself. If you are referring to others, the same applies. If it does not concern you, let people worry about themselves.
Delroy, anybody with commonsense, who read your nonsense, and analyze the contents will find so much contradiction in it they will realize you do not know what the heck you are talking about!
Your whole argument is based on as you claimed a survey of three (350) hundred-fifty people.
It is one thing to start shooting off your mouth talking percentage; Nevertheless, in reality nothing you claimed makes any sense, if you are talking about 28% of three hundred-fifty people, that is approximately ninety-eight people. Again 43% of 350 people is approximately 150.5 people, I have never seen a half of a person anywhere on this planet.
I do not know if they exist on your planet, or on some planet of the Apes!
Then you went haywire quoting percentage; I can’t even see you argument, so my conclusion is you are not talking about anything significant, except somebody may have paid you to spread some political propaganda. All of us Dominicans are not educated mathematically, but I assure you that some of us knows plenty of upper level mathematics, I can tell you; you have not said anything with substance, nor informative; you have not proved anything except ramblings. quoting percentage, with nothing to substantiate the crap you are talking about.
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
FET you think he may be silly with ur calculations but what if he has 1/2 a brain?
Why do you sound so bitter??? Breathe breathe breathe! Labour will still win so prepare to endure another five years…
man go take a rest
election not far why not speak at the polls instead
Well Mr Pierre Roseau South and Mahaut are the two largest constituencies in Dominica. To survey just 350 of the constituents, i am not certain that your survey can be deemed reliable.Roseau South consists of i suppose:
Fond Baron,
Loubiere ,
Wall House,
Citronier
Kings Hill,
Newtown,
Silver Lake,
Bath Estate,
Giraudel ,
Eggliston,
Fortune and Elmshall.
If you had touched base with more people i would have given a little credence to your survey, but 350? Also note that 43% of 350 is just 150 voters who thought that the country is moving in the right direction less than HALF of the 350 you surveyed. That’s less than the numbers of new voters who have registered this year aloneIN ROSEAU SOUTH.. In a constituency of about 3000+voters (that’s my estimate of Roseau South, i could be wrong) why survey just 350?. THIS SURVEY OPENS ITSELF OUT TO A LOT OF QUESTIONS?
I expect a lot more surveys and even POLLS to come out soon, AFTER ALL IT’S ELECTION SEASON.
However based on what i am seeing, Roseau South is quickly saying BYE BYE to AMBRUISE PWEN COUWEE and to the corrupt Labour Party. Joshua Francis Dominicas most popular and loved politician seem to be the man that the people are embrasing.
In terms of peoples lives being better, i think that throughout the country it’s one cry, THAT THE QUALITY OF LIVES OF THE PEOPOPLE HAVE WORSENED.
By the way on whose behalf was the survey conducted???????????????????????
I EXPECT MORE POLLS and surveys soon! I am ny own
HOW LONG?
NOT LONG!
Generally, only a percentage of people are polled. I suppose in time he will conduct other surveys in different constituencies.
@%
yes it is the largest con, the DLP have and the reason Mr. Pierre did not get everyone (like Me) Roseau South people don’t speak we just action, am from newtown and a supporter for the DLP
@little girl I am also fron Newtown little girl. Joshua all the way. Who will vote Ambruise Pwen Couwee. Go to PMH with your Heart Attack!
I filled in that form, can any body tell me where on that form there was anything about labour voters and uwp votters also I was told its an overseas company doing that poll
@roseau south
Interesting. I find this survey so confusing. Was this survey only in Newtown ?
Garcon, don’t you know that lying has become the norm with this regime?
I also want to know the class that was interviewed , was it the Upper class , Middle upper-class , middle class and lower class. The class of the people interviewed is very important too .
this is bogus. rubbish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what rubbish survey is that nuh….hahahaha
@come out there This one is the worst that i have seen.
@.
i tired say it is not the worst….. the worst is when you all went sun raising and you all lost that’s the worst and DLP still come and win again
Uuuuummmmmmmmmm, how were the participants in this sample selected? Was there any randomness to their selection?
Is the sample selected representative of the larger Roseau South constituency or was the sample more representative of a particular area in the Roseau South Constituency?