The United Workers Party (UWP) is disputing the results of a poll released by (Caribbean Development Research Services) CADRES which show that the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) will win the next general election.
The results of the poll were released on Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday morning UWP leader, Lennox Linton, questioned whether the poll is independent and whether it reflects a true picture of the political landscape in Dominca.
“I am really concerned about using this poll as a snapshot of what the DLP feels Dominica feels at this point because this is a DLP poll, let’s not make any bones about it,” he said on privately-owned Q95. “The evidence is clear this is part of the Labour Party’s strategy to fool people and to let them believe that the Labour Party is winning the election.”
Linton stated it is noteworthy to point out the length the “pollster goes to put the DLP in good light.”
“And to indicate that there is no way the UWP can win the election although he qualifies his opinion at the end by saying it is a snapshot in time which could change in either direction,” he stated.
Linton noted that the pollster is saying the poll does not reflect any significant change in the political landscape of Dominica over the past year “but he is saying that something could change in the next couple of weeks.”
He questioned some of the results of the poll including the one which shows that there is a -2 percent swing away from the DLP.
Accordng to Linton, the swing is more than that.
“There are real numbers in front of us from events where we see the turnout to Labour Party functions that are fully mobilized, transportation-wise, in this case the (airport) renaming ceremony, even involving $84,000 from the public purse for transportation and $60,000 for food …” he stated.
He noted that 6,000 people were expected to show up at the function but less than 2,000 did.
Linton stated that the poll does not reflect the real country Dominicans are living in.
Meanwhile Thompson Fontaine, another member of the UWP described the poll as “Labour Party propaganda.”
He noted that head of CADRES, Peter Wickham, has a history of wrong poll predictions, among them those in Grenada (2008), Barbados (2013) and St. Lucia (2013).
From the sample of 1,000 respondents the poll had predicted a four percent swing for the UWP but Fontaine said he wanted to know how does that swing apply to the 34,000 people who are registered to vote.
He pointed out that Wickham failed to explain how the swing is related to the overall voting population.
He said based on the numbers presented in the poll, the Labour Party will lose the election.
Linton why begrudge the DLP’s poll. Mr Linton, it is possible for UWP to have its own poll done by a pollster that will predict a UWP victory in the upcoming elections. Mr. Linton, this would have been a more fruitful approach in responding to the DLP’s poll. Appearing to be unnecessarily contagious and perhaps even angry diminishes one’s leadership stature.
Dominica needs a calm, level headed, WISE leader not one so intrenched in the fight that they are unable to see the big picture.
Be Wise Mr. Linton, the nation needs a change.
that’s the same poll that predicted the Antigua and Barbuda elections and they were right on the spot with it ….so I don’t think doubting this result is a wise idea. I don’t see how a party with such a majority is going to lose an election.
yes but we have to understand that the real poll was done in june 2014
Would he have queried if the polls were the other way around? Maybe not. The whole fact of the matter is we are still tainted with the venom of slavery where we bite at our brothers so we can be seen by the white slave masters. It’s amazing how the devil has planted his seed in our beautiful little island. Country men look to christ ,it is by knowing him we can be really victorious.
Please Mr. PM enjoy your term, don’t let a few boisterous and out of order politicians sway you from doing the job you were elected to do. The DA constitution election date is 2015, and no debate, your accomplishment is clear. Don’t call election before February. I want my sewoo for carnival. I am coming for my sewoo let them squirt.
One of the things I think we all must admit is that this current UWP Team Dominica is the most serious challenge to be faced by the DLP since the 2000 general elections. Whether the UWP wins or not, the DLP is facing its most unnerving and unsettling opposition since taking power. And to be frank, I honestly believe that if the DLP does not cheat, the UWP will be victorious. By cheating, I am referring to things like bringing in the diaspora to vote, keeping an un-sanitised voters’ list, buying votes and bribing unsuspecting voters.
Like most Dominicans, we were expecting to go to the polls before Christmas, because this strategy worked well for the DLP in 2009. With shopping money in their hands, many voters placed the taw (x) next to the DLP candidate because that’s where the shopping money came from. So we were expecting a deja vu! Even fellas like me who never voted DLP were looking forward to some cash from them guys. But now, it seems we will have to wait till 2015 to see if cash will be available again. Maybe carnival or Easter cash is in the making. But to be honest, there seem to be a lull in DLP public campaigning. Is this an indication that elections wont be this year or has the party gone underground in its campaigning? Why aren’t we being bombarded with “Layba Power” speeches and slogans?
Well, here’s one of my analyses: too many hard core Labourites have gone silent and this is worrying the DLP brass. Too many DLP assemblies attracted too few supporters (e.g.. Lagoon meeting in Roseau). Skerrit decided to test the readiness of DLP by asking the party masses to come to the renaming of the airport and this turned out to be a disaster. DLP is not attracting any new voters to its folds, unlike the UWP! But the main concern of the DLP should be the number of hard core supporters who have turned their backs, not on the DLP, but on Skerrit. These hard cores may not vote for UWP, but their absence from the DLP’s tally WILL hurt Skerrit. And to make matters worse, Skerrit has some non-performing elephants in his Cabinet who will only make the final tally worse. These elephants should be fired and speedily replaced. He needs to do this if his party is to enter the voting with increased confidence.
What kind of world are you living in? You living in a cave man/woman? Do you now what the law of Dominica states about a citizen’s right to vote? Go and do the research, see if you will take back your erroneous conclusion regarding “cheating.”
More sound, world-renowned entities declared the elections of 2005 free and fair. Among them, the OAS, Caricom and so on. They all considered those specious claims you and the UWP have been making for 15 years now! Much of your claims have been settled before our courts, where they ought to have been. And yet you persist.
It is indeed folks like you with a pen, and who seems to know better, who continue to contaminate our national history and sully our chances of a attaining a higher order in Dominica.
Stop it, for Christ’s sake.
Is this man right in his head? You are judging the popularity of the DLP based on the renaming of the airport turnout?
The CADRES poll sums up what have been here before. The problem with the opposition is not the party, it is this man. Lennox Linton is UWP’s problem. No one but Lennox Linton’s family likes or trust him.
I have known this individual for over twenty years( before Marpin program) and he thinks and acts like he is all high and mighty. He attempts to smile, even that looks deceptive. No one really trust this guy.
However one may think about Roosevelt Skerrit , I for one wasn’t too happy for the sale of the island to Venezuela, still believe he is more sincere, genuine, and CARE for his fellow Commonwealth citizens than Mr. Linton.
The team has more capable people to lead(Thompson Fountain, The Lawyer, etc) the party and don’t understand for the life of me why they chose Lennox Linton. Is it because Eddie said so? Look what has happened under his leadership. Why would I want to listen to this failure of a leader? A failure leader chooses a failure successor.
I am strongly of the belief that the country needs a strong opposition to keep the government in check, but not one filled with hate and self gratification.
Carcon, this attempt at dividing Team Dominica is old I’m tired of hearing it. Nobody is perfect and mr. Linton will be the first to admit that but to me he a hundred time preferable to a sulky egocentric bully that has no respect or manners.
We have heard this garbage before. IT IS STALE. LINTON ALL THE WAY.
Lennox Linton is a nightmare. Nightmares have to go away. Either way – we will wake up from this nightmare. This lbs of a leader is a joke.
Titiwi(one of my favorite Dominica dish by the way) and % I am not attempting to divide the UWParty, the evidence are there by this poll and what the majority of Dominicans are saying. Knowing he is garbage and you continue to throw your support it says a lot about your thinking. Again, either you are a family member or SOMEONE who believe will benefit from him as the political leader of UWP.
Whether you want to believe this or not, this election IS NOT going to be a close one. The UWP is either going to remain with the same number of seats or one(1) less. Unless you guys use Mr Linton in some other capacity this election outcome will be for a very long time.
No one is surprise of your comment, because the Labour Party convene a special meeting at Krasi coconut and the plan, how they can discredit Mr. Lennox Linton, to show the populace that Linton is the worse person in Dominica. So am not surprise you as a Labour operative speaking so much gabage.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushes….i am not gambling with my salary being on time…UWP have a history…its like as they say..satan cannot correct sin.. I am not all that satisfied with the Government ..but where can you ever find perfection..i do not see UWP as the answer..we need another alternative.
Realist not easy nuh. At least wait a moment before showing up as LegiT.
Parry, I would ask the Prime Minister to have his pollster explain to Dominicans how is it his popularity is about 63%, yet his party could only muster 43% of the popular votes. I would also like him to explain, how can DLP win the elections when 27% of the voters have not made up their minds also some voters have refused to reveal their choice.
Well that is easy. It shows exactly that it is Skerrit his people are voting for and not his party. That also explains why Skerrit is not changing his candidates because if any one of them would outshine him it would be at his expense. It definitely confirms that labour is a one-man party now. Very dangerous because he is making enemies within and one day will find himself stabbed in the back.
Lennox don’t worry with them. That poll is made up. Our UWP poll say we leading 15-6. Workers!!!
12-9 UWP, think about it.
I am dominica(n), I am independent
Dominicans please listen again becareful of UWP my message again Dominca will be in trouble don’t let them in thats the warning I got. I don’t live in DA but thats what I was told to do.
you don’t live in Dominica so shut your a**. if you don’t live here you do not know what the people feel, how they live or what they are going through. You might be living a good life with your feet in the air so if you don’t know people situation, have nothing to say
I live in Dominica and i would like people to think, listen and look around them before they vote. If you are better off than you were 10 year ago, vote them back in, if you’re not, the answer should be clear. Now i wonder how many people are actually better off now.
I am Dominica(n), I am independent
We don’t need a pollster to tell us that Labour will win the next election. Every cat and dog in the country know that already. What’s up with the self deception?
Uwp name your winning seat without a margin of error .What are you sure seats and your toss up seats and whats you advantage in winning the election?
Lennox you and your supporters must stop HOPING on a victory and start working towards one otherwise like the previous 3 elections you guys are headed again to a heavy defeat, even if you happen to pick up an additional 3 to 4 seats. Only a fool with his head buried in the sand can’t see that!
If Lennox is a novice, I would like to be one too.HE IS BRIGHT! It’s time for change!
Well my views may not be popular here but I will present it. I will only comment on one of the queries of Mr. Linton. It appear to me that the fact of the majority of people catered for did not show up is consistent with one of the findings of the poll. The low number of persons who indicated concern about employment suggest that most of them were employed. It was a Monday afternoon when work ends at five o’clock and therefore unrealistic to expect people to abandon the workplace. A better criticism would be to suggest a deficiency in Skerrit’s capacity to manage by choosing a Monday for such an event.
Both dlp and uwp not ready yet,But it’s good to try new things so people let’s try workers.Hey how bad can Dominica get when it’s at it worse already.Lord help my peeps.
I agree, what have we got to lose by changing to UWP? Can things get worse than they are now? I don’t think so. I’m giving Team Dominica a chance this time.
We want CHANGE and that’s all….
No one should count their chicken before they are hatched. Remember the underdog is unspoken.
the day of reckoning for the Labour Party will be a rude awakening. The squandering and plundering of the public purse will be their undoing .
Remember the released Wikileaks cables on August 30th. 2011 from the US Embassy in Barbados? The cable releases documented conversations apparently made by Peter Wickham. But Wickham had doubted the authenticity of the statements by saying that he never met with Mary Kramer, the then US Ambassador.
With regards to Leroy Parris, Wickham confirmed that the former CLICO boss and former chairman of CBC, provided large sums of under the table money to the DLP in exchange for business and a diplomatic passport. Yes, the same CLICO boss allegedly involved in the massive fraud of millions of $$$$$$$. Many Dominicans and institutions had invested in CLICO.
If you check the ‘Barbados Free Press’, you’ll get the truth, revelations about that Peter Wickham and his dealings
Peter Wickham, talk show host on CBC, was sacked by CBC because of the disturbing Wikileaks cables.
Peter Wickham could be described as a push pollster. According to Wikipedia, a push pollster is an interactive marketing technique, most commonly employed during political campaigning in which an individual or organisation attempts to influence or alter the view of respondents under the guise of conducting a poll.
What are the links with that Barbados connection – Hartley Henry, Peter Wickham, Leroy Parris? Are all three close friends of Skerritt and his DLP Govt.
Imagine in 2014, Peter Wickham wants to tell us that Dominicans are not interested about corruption in Govt. whose fools are we Wickham? the whole world is fighting against corruption.
It is corrupt practices that has brought the Dominican economy to its knees. The standards of living of the majority of people have declined significantly.
A few have amassed huge wealth in public Office, in quick time, by dubious means. That is a major concern for Dominicans, who are now, more than ever, fighting for change. How Long? not Long. Change is a MUST !!!!!!!
Whether the poll is right or wrong, it’s sad to say that I also believe that the DLP will win the next election. Dominica have become a country of entitlement. Handouts is the new norm in my country. People don’t want to work hard any more. The seat at home and wait on their government handouts. “Houses, Land, Toliet, School transportation ect” it’s hard to beat any party that buys votes.
to unknown: please have faith the labour party people can delude themselves but as sure as Jehovah exist there will be a day of reckoning. on that day no priest with his Genie in a lamp can change it.
Some months ago, there was a report which indicated that a pollster was conducted which placed the UWP winning the election, Team Dominica was over joyed, now it is reported that another pollster has been conducted putting the DLP in the lead, now they are lamenting
I for sure would like to know how are these pollsters being conducted, no one has never spoken to me, which would indicate to me that a pollster is being conducted. So I do not know where are they getting these results.
I don’t think this is a DLP ploy cause it could come back and bite them. This could cause some DLP voters to become complacent and stay home on election day thinking their party got it in the bag anyways. So in all, don’t listen to the polls. Go out there and vote for the party of your liking.
Unlike Mr. Wickham who was paid by Skerrit to conduct a poll, just as Balak offered to give Balaam everything he wanted to curse the people, Num. 26:1-17, here is my true poll as I see it and as many laborites see it, which will clearly tell us why Mr. Skerrit keeps postponing the election call:
The DLP will win the following seats: Vieille Case, Paix Bouche, Portsmouth, Cottage, Colihault, Mahault, Soufriere, Grandbay and Petit Savane.
UWP will win: Wesley, Marigot, Kalinago Territory, Castle Bruce, Morne Jeaune, La plaine, Roseau Valley, Roseau North, Roseau Central, Salsbury. Both Roseau South and St. Joseph are too close to call. I see UWP clearly winning 10 seats while the DLP winning 9 seats. If UWP wins either St. Joseph or Roseau South, they form the next government. However, even if the DLP wins both Roseau South and St. Joseph, I cannot conclude the DLP forms the next government because my guts feeling is telling me that there will be some shifting and dealing in constituencies like Portsmouth, Colihault, St. Joseph & Petit Savanne. In fact even if UWP were to win 8 seats I still would not be surprised if they form the next government knowing very well that some of those DLP candidates are very unhappy with Skerrit but they just have to dance to his tune at list till the results are out.
The CADRES poll have credibility and we all know that. Leader of the UWP take the poll examine it and find ways you can capitalize and stop coming out and oppose because it didn’t come out in your favour. If you so think its wrong hire another company to do your own poll. What this show me is the DLP is willing to exam their weak areas and make it public and work on it. Team Dominica its not impossible for you to win but you focus on trying to discredit anything the DLP do and in doing so you are focusing on areas you can capitalize. That’s why for me leadership matters. UWP stay in opposition another term and lets see if you really want to help Dominica move forward. I am predicting 19-2 because of how weak the leader is. Some people support the UWP because some don’t like the PM and not because they believe the UWP leader can lead.
Well its me again Domincans take note if you make a mistake to put UWP in DA will be flood that’s the message I got six months ago. Dreams are parables the water is your tears. Keep them out if office.
The day after election when DLP wins the election will be a fraudulent on.
WRONG! WRONG! WRONG again Mr. Linton! The poll by Mr. Wickham is accurate and certainly reflects the views and leanings of the majority! You knew from the very start that your party (United Wicked People) did not have the numbers to stand a chance at winning. Your only hope was to win more than the three seats you now hold in Parliament! You believed that a propaganda and slander campaign would cause a few Laborites to defect but it did not happen as you imagined it!
By trying to vilify our beloved, Christ-like and saintly Supreme Leader, Dr. Skerrit, you alienated Laborites and made them more entrenched in supporting Dominica’s High Priest and God-King! Now the chances are that instead of gaining a few seats in the House, you just might be losing all but one! And that one still remains up for grabs at this point. Trust me, it will be a long time before you can afford to go to Las Vegas after this election! I can already see a few of you Workers begging for a chance to pick up rubbish or cut grass! You guys are very lucky that Dr. Skerrit is a very compassionate and forgiving God!
Ok Trouble Sum I get it you are getting all sides pissed of. I like that I really really like that.
Trouble Sum you forgot to tell the Christians to stop waiting on Jesus because Dimitri has already come and the first zefant adiltere was John the Baptist.
What about when Fadda Thomas handing out the unleaven bread he will be saying “Body Of Skerrit ” and Lennox Lawrence will say Amen. Tony the pagan will say every knee shall bow.
So people of vielle as look out for Dimitri entering to Villecase on a donkey on palm Sunday.
Hey is not me that start it.
The poll was quite simple . Give the close seats of last election to UWP and the rest to DLP. Thats all the science involved nothing more nothing less. It would be OK except winds of change do not understand or respect science, they just blow it away on election day.
Did peter said how many seat labor is going to get?
Thompson Fontaine why u never used Antigua election as an example because u know Weckham had predicted that one right. Wen weckham predicted that the minister of finance was loosing his seat in antigua to a new comer people said he was gaston brown operatives. Weckham predicted that the Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer would have to try hard to retain his seat, he only won by 30 votes. and I sure lennox linton would be very familiar with those facts since to me he seems to know everything
@Shart, For argument sake let me agree with you that Weckham’s prediction of Antigua’s election was correct. However, Dr Fontaine pointed out three instances where he was wrong i.e Grenada (2008), Barbados (2013) and St. Lucia (2013). So 1-4 sure does not make him look good. Furthermore, let us not forget in the case of Antigua where he made the correct call, Mr. Spencer was the incumbent and as someone who voted in Antigua last election, I voted the opposition because it was quite clear than change was necessary. The situation in Dominica is twice as worse and if change was a must in Antigua change is absolutely a MUST is Dominica or else Dominica is finished!
Do you realize that the so called poll numbers does not in anyway reach 50% for the DLP?…..yet they are winning?
Why fool ourselves? if the ruling party cannot muster a half way percentage at least……then something is wrong and the writing is on the wall.
Just saying….
UWP has nothing to worry about. If you scrutinize the poll figures carefully UWP is in good stead and at an advantage…for a Party who lost 18 to 3 last time around.
Guess the who is in trouble.
The poll is technically in UWP’s favor
Any right thinking person, any person with an inch of education could pinpoint the flaws in Peter’s poll. Even the results of the poll, if scrutinized inteligently and unbiasly indicates that the UWP has a competitive edge to win the election.
We all know how the love-to-wear-red-t-shirts people behave (they are loud, in-your-face, and forever ready to show others whose party is in power), and you mean to tell me such a large percentage didn’t want to tell the the pollster on which side they are leaning.
I can bet my last bottom dollar that this sect represent the Worker’s Party, who are afraid to let their political leaning know based on confirm knowledge of how the DLP Administration loves to castigate, victimize and ostracize people who disent from their view. I must add that this a bad legacy for any party to have imprinted on the minds of electorates. Many Dominican’s are just afraid to speak; no wonder one of the most popular songs during this year’s carvival was “I Must Speak”.
Therefore, in dividing that sect of I-don’t-want-to-say voters, I would give the DLP 2% and the UWP 12%.
Then, the 13% undecided voters, I would share 6.5% for Workers; if at this point they have not decided to go with the party in power with all the goodies it is sharing around; the larger percentage of the undecided voters will vote UWP; with 4% voting the DLP and the remaining will not vote, a sentiment that is echoed by many.
Therefore, adding up Peter’s percentages would indicate that the DLP (43%, + 2% + 4% =49%) and the UWP (30% + 12+ 6.5% =48.5%); thus, I conclude that according to Peter’s poll, the election’s outcome can fall in either Party’s lap, and as the SUN newspaper reported recently, this election might be decided by the party which is able to entice the most diaspora Dominicans to return and vote for it.
If I was part and parcel in the Skerritt’s Administration, I would not be sleeping comfortable at night. We know with all the alegations surrounding the party, some heavy-duty jailtime might occur if the party changes power; I myself would like to see justice pervail for the Emanual’s as I always think if these people were my grandparents wouldn’t I want to get some resolution for their horrible impass. I am happy that I never allow party politics to clog my judgment.
I think from the words on the streets is Dominicans has had enough…In my own unscientific, cord-kapi poll, every 3 people, one engages in politics on the streets, 2/3 are disgruntle or against the administration, its perceived mismanagement of resources; it’s hedgemen puffy pockets and fat necks and its compact closet of skeletons.
Like many, I shall be voting for SURE and will return to my quarters hardly waiting for the end of polling day and shall be glued to my TV screen bitting my nails, and all Labourites, I believe, should do like me, as it is they and their party that have the most to lose in this election.
Praise God, I don’t knock on the doors of any politician to sustain me. I am not a beneficiary of either parties, so why should I care who win or lose–just asking…but I WILL SURELY vote…I am not in that nonsense, “I am not voting cause all of them is the same comess”.
Be reminded that a NO VOTE is a vote in favor of either party. I hope everyone capable of voting, do vote. Those wishing to remain stagnant that will be their loss. Those who thirst for improvement and progress MUST go out and VOTE. Those who accept what life is offering “AS IS” I say, TAKE WHAT YOU GET AND SHUT UP.
Your comments was very objective and I concur with you.
And your point? Even in your twisted logic of the statistics, you still gave the DLP the edge. Stay glued to your TV.
Can some one tell me if UWP met with the Diaspora today?
Lennox the DLP will win 20 seats, and a very close finish in Marigot, DLP will perform very very well in Marigot this time, we loose by maybe 112 votes.
Spags if i were you i would start making arrangement to go Oxford University from January cause your seat is GONE my friend!!!!!!
The Island RED and we aint going BLUE!!!!!!!
Boy Joe not easy! You are just frothing out shit from your mouth, Joe! These statements with absolutely no stats or analysis make no sense. No one, not even the PM, believes what Joe just wrote. Not even the recent poll by Wickham goes along with Joe’s poll. I read recently that Julius Timothy classified his opponent, Danny Lugay, as no competition. But in his analysis, Timothy did state that UWP is a matter of concern for the DLP.
So, wheel and come again, Joe!
in wotten waven there are 120 votes. in trafalgar, more. in morne prosper, omg, u dont want to know. this accounts to half of the valley. so where did your 112 come from? bad polls, bad polls
but joo, If i were you ,i would start making preperations to RUN,if what u saying is true
How about that. You might be right, RED/BLUE. Phase one, NO MORE HOSPITAL IN MARIGOT. Phase two, DOUGLAS-CHARLES AIRPORT. MARIGOT is getting its PUNISHMENT and election results are not even in yet. Imagine what is next, after election.
Joe who or what group of people in Marigot are you referring too the only folks up there who would vote for DLP are those who get the hand out and those who are in the yes we care program and that’s why the people from that village do not stand for stupidity, so you better get your fact before you post comments.
Take it this if your RED you are dead.
Congrats Joe. You feel better now?
Don’t get the point of all these emotional comments.
The election will be decided on election day so reach out to the people on the street and in your community and encourage them to vote for your party of choice. Get the young voters registered as all votes are important. But all those who can vote should vote for the party they think will do the best job for our country.
Amen, I’m not flying a blue flag or a red flag. I’m flying the flag of Dominica. I’m not voting for any personality but I’m voting for whoever I think will be best for Dominica. Dimples alone can not persuade me.
You are so not tactful that even a grade 1 student can tell that you are like Collin McIntyre said a remote control Laborite. First off if you are on the ground gwayaising under the Labor Party with high unemployment and no hope you would not refer to ground zero as “on the island” Dominicans at home never say on the island.
Then you are asking whether UWP met with te diaspora.
Joe do you have your ticket and cash to come vote on December 17. It is people lie you that ause the demise of Dominica
Why is Lennox so worried? He can conduct his own poll. Did he not poll vaulted over Spraggs, Eddo and Prevost to the leadership of the wee wee party There will be no lapse in judgement come next election.
My personal poll give DLP 21 seats.
All he can do is pose as the leader of the opposition and silence the elected and true opposition. He is just an imposter with a loud voice.
OH Please. In our hearts of hearts we all know that the DLP will win this coming elections. DOMINICANS it about time we wake up and smell the coffee We all know that LENNOX LINTON is hungry for power to live his lavish planned lifestyle. Come on man who would put him in power to represent DA. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
all some Dominican can do and they a taking pleasure in doing is voting for colors that’s what they do best they don’t vote for development and the sad thing is everybody passing in there misery with them .what a shame
That is exactly my assessment of the poll…He basically admits that the election can go any way…That is the current feeling in Dominica right now…I predict that the final 30 days will be the determining period..
.Peter must know that we have very intelligent and esteemed statisticians in the UWP in the name of Dr. Thompson Fontaine…so don’t come here with no bogus pool and think we will just swallow it…..
CHANGE IS A MUST ..NOT AN OPTION..
Here are some real experienced politicians speaking: they have neven been in government; they have never been in the house of assemble; they have never offered themselves for elections before; they have no record of serving people anywhere, but they talking about winning elections to form government! They must be living in Austrailia where up is down and down is up!
i heard thisman on the radio this morning….Why dont you pick a profession and stick to it ?! all of a sudden you statistician, prayma carrette should vacate post for you…smfh….analysing data and want to compare wii…in other news…i hear thompson say UWP winning….15-6..LOL..LOl…LOl…d biggest joke of it all is that he give vcase over to Alex..bonjay wat is wrong with them people…watever they sniffing i want so i can be just as delusional…..seems like monelle borrow ur accent buddy thompson..for we all know d furthest she reach is grandfond!..LMAO
Mr Wickham, like all of us makes mistake ,he is human, but he also makes good predictions like the Antigua elections earlier this year. we have to see it as it is, we only see one side , if we Dominicans had only believe it is a mosquito that’s causing ckingunya and take better precaution ,the disease would not have ravage us so badly.while we were doubting others countries were cleaning,.just an example!!!! stop doubting,!!!!!
Photos are manipulated And captioned to suit the author yet we believe everything we see and read. Poles are presented to discourage the alleged losing party supporters to vote yet we believe everything that is presented. It’s all campaign strategy at work but most of us only support colors we know nothing about politics. For the result of a poll to be credible we need at least a 10% sample. A 3% sample like Wickham is presenting is not valid and proves nothing except propaganda on the part of those who paid for the poll.
Wait for polling day we will know
only beggars who want labor to win ,but their wish will never come true
WWWWOOOORRRKKKEEERRRSSSS
There will be always beggars, Blue Beggars, and Red Beggars
That poll was BS! The pollster revealed that UWP would not win the elections. However, we were not told whether the poll concluded this or whether it was the pollster who is saying this. Wickham further concludes with the statement that the election’s outcome will be based on how voters feel about Skerrit and Linton. How did the poll reach that conclusion? And isn’t this a clear contradiction with the statement that UWP will not win?
Wheel and come again, Peter!
I wonder if he Mr Linton would querry the result if it was in his favour
And Skerrit afraid to call it?
If u so sure u winning y waste all that money and there r so many schools in such bad conditions.
And Skerrit afraid to call it?
If u so sure u winning u waste all that money and there r so many schools in such bad conditions.
Why are you guys even bothering. A PM with an 18-3 majority cannot use his records to win an election. It tells me the level of insecurity in the DLP leadership.
This poll is like the bishop of Roseau asking father Eustace Thomas to carry out a poll in viellcase as to whether skerrit’s 500k donation was politically ethical and whether church should return funds.
Propaganda is an understatement. Not all of us are fools
well why im i not surprised …… these guys oppose everything
well why im i not surprised………. this guys will continue to oppose
Personally, I believe this poll is a set back for Skeritt and the DLP. In the first year of Mr. Linton’s leadership, the polls show a percentage of less then 2% between the two leaders, in terms of the ability to govern the country. Remember, Mr. Linton was termed a novice. Remember the days, if not Skeritt then who. Another case of concern for the DLP is the percentage of voters who want them back for another five years. The DLP polled 43% and UWP polled 30%. Here is the problem ,27% of voters polled either were undecided or would not reveal their choice. Only God alone knows where those voters will go, therefore, it looks like it is to close to call. Great job Mr. Lennox Linton, you have really exhibited great leadership to have moved the party to that height in such a short time.
this poll is a fake poll mr peter i am very dissapointed in you
if u all are so confident about the poll and labour party wining the next general election why are u all on a drive to to pay for tickets for overseas voters,breaking grounds for projects every day,distributing plywood,galvanize and giving village councils huge sums of money,Paying school fees,putting party supporters in jobs where they have no idea as to what to do,why are ministers all around their constituency like to going crazy.JUST DO DOMINICA A FAVOUR AND CALL THE ELECTION
UWP has for years being suffering from “Denial Symdrome”, even after they lost the 2000 general election. Lennox and Thompson, if you guys think the poll isn’t a true reflection, then carry out your own independent poll and publish the result…let the world know.
Lennox, all Skerrit and the idiot he paid to talk this crap is doing is nothing more than trying to use cheap psychology on the people okay. You may remember in the last Presidential Election her in the United States, Romney actually won the Election before it held. Most Television Stations, and Newspapers said Obama was going to loose the Election after the first Debate!
Even I got angry with the president, and through a source that was available I wrote to the president, and told him I cannot understand why he just sat there and allow Romney to railroad him, and I suggest he fight. Needless to say I got a response from him, details I will not give, but I had every confidence he informed me he knew what he was doing. Sometime those of us who know how to use psychology, can use it to tear a person heart out, and I am talking about abnormal psychology you see.
The psychology Skerrit is trying to use on the people is by the nonsense they are talking, he is hoping if a greater majority of people intending to vote for the UWP here that pile of feces spew they might contend (well the pole “say Labor Win,” so it is no use to go and vote). What happened in Romney’s case, he won two or three states out of 52 or 48.
Remember, his pollster’s told him and the Republican Party that Romney would win, but at the end of it all he and his wife, and children all shed tears! Skerrit believe in myths, of giants, and little green men okay. It is not what his paid clown said, what the people do on election day that’s matters. I advised that the UWP should do plenty of foot walking from door to door seeking the peoples votes, while at the same time educating them regarding the issues affecting their personal growth and prosperity.
Educated the people that the word Labor Party is just another word used in their every vocabulary, it has nothing to do with the economy of the country, a name cannot make things such as employment happen, as such we need to remove the waste of time thieves who calls themselves government ministers who live high of the blood of the people, while enriching themselves, and their personal friends, while the majority of our people exists below the poverty level according worlds standards.
It is okay to hold political meeting, and shout, but when you stand in front, or sit with a person and talk their response is usually different!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
It’s a given that in a business/political relationship the agent attempts to eliminate or reduce what’s called in economics principal/agent conflict. Peter had to please his client, the DLP in this case. The ensuring results were somehow clouded with scenarios of this might happen or this may be take place. There wasn’t much clarity from the results. Neither party should be satisfied at this point but there’s reason for hope for the opposition. Empirical data from the region prove otherwise such as in St.Lucia and Barbados.
Forget the people pool, use the result and start working harder for your party. Dont allow them to distract you all.UWP is on the right path , Change will come
Check out the Book on Statistics that Wickham studied – http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~ricko/CSE3/Lie_with_Statistics.pdf
Is this man right in his head? You are judging the popularity of the DLP based on the renaming of the airport turnout?
This poll sums up what have been here before. The problem with the opposition is not the party, it is their leader. Lennox Linton is UWP’s problem. No one but Lennox Linton’s family likes or trust him.
I have known this man for over twenty years( before Marpin program) and he thinks and acts like his shit doesn’t stink. He attempts to smile, even that looks deceptive. No one really trust this guy.
However one may think about Roosevelt Skerrit , I for one wasn’t too happy for the sale of the island to Venezuela, we believe he is more sincere, genuine, and CARE for his fellow Commonwealth citizens than Mr. Linton.
The team has more capable people to lead(Thompson Fountain, The Lawyer, etc) the party and don’t understand for the life of me why they chose Lennox Linton. Is it because Eddie said so? Look what has happened under his leadership. Why would I want to listen to this failure of a leader? A failure leader chooses a failure successor.
I am strongly of the belief that the country needs a strong opposition to keep the government in check, but not one filled with hate and self gratification.
Yet another reason to say no to Lennox Linton.
HAHAHAHA, Lenox Baldwin said those same words, at the same time we don’t need no polls to tell us what you yourself already know. Case in point the pic that’s going around shows you at the CITP all by yourself, you claim the people want change and you have the change they’re seeking yet no one engages you in public.
What pettiness!
It’s not petty at all. Why, a man may not know his arse from his elbow, and possess charm and charisma and win over his people. Len-sort lacks charisma- no suave no gam!
Its not petty its the voters that are petty they will vote for the party with the most popular leader
Real Possie had a point.
You sound like a stalker…Lennox…please do not go around alone, there are dangerous stalkers on the lose.
That photo is telling. A man aspiring to lead people says he has no friends, he hates people , and when he is out at a public function he is all alone. Sad.
Well, if you think that UWP is going to win the election, you fooling yourself. Not the DLP fooling you.
tell us what your crystal ball says
Haha yeah right. Somebody will be crying soon and it will definitely not be Skerrit
you so dumb. why should skerrit cry when he full all his pockets already. sot
I choose not to read the article but i will say, why worry or why query it. When the time comes you go out there and show the country what the outcome that counts is.
I am a pollster too.IT’S TE FOR CHANGE..The greedies need to be sent packing. Greedy men/women in leadership means poverty on the majority.HOW LONG? NOT LONG!
IT’S TIME
STUPES