Politics
Barbados election update: DLP and BLP in statistical dead hit – latest poll
The poll conducted last weekend in all 30 constituencies, found that on the issue of whether this was the time for a change of government, 38.9 percent said yes while 40.5 percent said no with uncommitted, comprising of those who have not yet made up their minds or would not say which party the would be voting for, accounting for 20.6 percent.
CADRES pollster Peter Wuickham said the survey showed the electorate was sending a strong signal that leadership was an issue and that while people still had reservations about the ruling party, they were becoming more comfortable with the DLP’s leadership.
“Overall uncommitted voters, standing at 33 percent, will play a big role in Thursday’s vote with the size on this occasion being the lowest historically in any CADRES poll.”
But Wickham said that based on the swing analysis, the DLP could get a larger share of the uncommitted voters but still lose narrowly.
The Sunday Sun newspaper quoted Wickham as saying however if the uncommitted voters behave characteristically “this time and the BLP got a larger share, it would not only win the election, but with a comfortable majority.” – (CMC)
