New York – The New Progressive Party (PNP) would surpass the others in Puerto Rico in the race for governor, regardless of the competition scenario or who wins in the primary, be it Governor Pedro Pierluisi or Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González, according to the survey commissioned by NotiCel to Atlas Intel.
However, in the various scenarios, the resident commissioner would win by a greater margin than the governor in the general election.
Followed by the PNP candidates is the independence candidate Juan Dalmau.
Juan Dalmau and the Alliance with the MVC
Dalmau announced at the end of last year an “Alliance” with the Citizen Victory Movement (MVC), one of the emerging parties, ahead of the general elections on November 5.
Under the agreement, although MVC has its own candidate for governor, it is one of compliance, since its leaders have committed to supporting Dalmau’s candidacy for governor.
The logic behind the Alliance is to achieve sufficient electoral support in certain political positions to defeat the candidates of the majority parties that have exchanged power for the past decades.
PPD comes in third place
In third place in the survey were the candidates of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), its president Jesús Manuel Ortiz and senator Juan Zaragoza.
Javier Jiménez, from Proyecto Dignidad, another emerging or recently created party, finished in fourth position.
According to statistics released this Friday, González would obtain 32.3% if he competed with Dalmau, who would receive 24.5%. In this scenario, Ortiz would be left with 19.5% of the votes and Jiménez with 7.5%.
In a second scenario, González would obtain 31.1% versus 23.1% for Dalmau; 19.5% from Zaragoza, and 7.4% for Jiménez.
If Pierluisi were the candidate and faced Ortiz, the former would obtain 28.1% of the votes versus 20.3% for the latter. In this third scenario, Dalmau would reach 25.6% of the votes and Jiménez 7.2%.
If the PPD opponent that Pierluisi faced was Zaragoza, the governor would obtain 28.5% versus 22% for Zaragoza; Dalmau would take 22.5% and Jiménez 6.9%.
González will face Pierluisi in the primaries on June 2. Regarding that race, the survey showed that Pierluisi would beat González by 8.5%.
In reaction to the poll results, several pro-independence and MVC leaders insisted that the only way to defeat the PNP is by voting for the Alliance.
“Therefore, what this survey does is portray what we have been seeing in my visits to the towns of Puerto Rico, what we have been seeing in universities and colleges, in meetings with different grassroots organizations, but it remains “There is a lot to do,” Dalmau told NotiCel.
He also argued that the numbers reflect a tie with the PNP.
“In the scenarios in which Pedro Pierluisi appears above me, it is within the margin of error of the survey. Therefore, it is a virtual tie in the case of both Jenniffer González and Pedro Pierluisi. “That is something unprecedented in the history of Puerto Rico!, where no Puerto Rican Independence Party candidate had been in a position to achieve the governance of Puerto Rico,” he noted.
For his part, Ortiz acknowledged that there is still work to do to advance the PPD’s electoral goals.
“There is a lot to work on, they don’t have to present me with any survey for me to know that there is a lot to work on and there is a lot to do. Since I assumed the presidency of the Popular Party I have been working intensely on issues that perhaps are not seen every day. The electoral preparation, the combination of the reorganization, the strengthening of the political structure, the raising of money for the party, all of these are efforts that must be worked on and I am very clear about that,” he declared in an interview with the Prime program. Round by Magic 97.3
The gubernatorial candidate added that he will continue to carry the message to prevail both in primaries and in the general elections.
“I have been president for eight months and an announced candidacy for two or three months, the candidates who are running in other parties have been in the PNP for 20 years leading the country on the wrong path and Juan Dalmau has been in politics for 20 years…For this reason, It is important that the message gets through and I am on track to win in June and win in November. Obviously, we will ensure that the message we are presenting to the country reaches the voters,” he said.
If the survey projections come true, it would be the first time in the political history of Puerto Rico that the PPD does not appear in the first two positions in voters’ preferences.
For Pablo José Hernández, candidate for the resident police station for the PPD, the results are alarming.
“I’m not going to downplay that, that’s alarming! That requires reflection and it requires work. As far as I am concerned as a candidate for resident commissioner of the PPD, I will do everything in my power so that we win as a team,” he declared to the same radio station while adding that the data shows that Puerto Ricans are increasingly voting. more by candidates and not by parties.
Hernández also appeared open to the possibility of having to work alongside a PNP governor.
“It is not the scenario I want, nor will I ask of my constituents; but if it were the stage, I would be prepared. I’ve even thought about how the office would operate. I would designate two lanes. A strictly governmental administrative one that we agree on and the basics and the political track with the issue of status for example. I would try to keep the two lanes separated and running. Also, the first thing I would do would be to meet with Fortuño, Avecedo Vilá, García Padilla and Pierluisi who already had that experience and have them tell me what works and what doesn’t,” he pointed out.
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