JLP and PNP almost tied in a dead heat

The latest RJR/TVJ Boxill poll has revealed that the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and the opposition People’s National Party (PNP) are almost tied in a statistical dead heat with the JLP having a slight 2.5 point lead over the PNP.

The survey was conducted by University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Ian Boxill, who said last night the JLP in just six months (since his last poll) had managed to reverse the PNP’s lead.

35.2 percent of those polled said they would vote for the JLP while 32.7 percent said they would throw their support behind the PNP.

Another 13.5 percent said they were undecided and 13.2 percent said they would not be voting.

The results are based on a nationally representative sample of 1,000 persons, 18 years and over and has a margin of error of plus or minus four percent. The poll was conducted between October 28 and November 3 this year.

The sample was equally divided between males and females and was conducted in 160 communities in all parishes. It was the first such poll carried out since Andrew Holness became prime minister and undisputed leader of the JLP.