The latest Don Anderson poll shows that, if an election were to be held now, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris and his Government of National Unity would be re-elected to serve for another five-year term in St. Kitts and Nevis. What’s more, according to the poll, Team Unity would expand its constituency count, adding to the seven seats that its candidates won during the February 16th, 2015 general election. The privately commissioned poll was conducted among 506 registered voters in all 11 of the constituencies in the Federation during March 2017. Presenting findings of the poll yesterday, Saturday, April 8th, 2017, in St. Kitts, Mr. Don Anderson said that, “We were able to get information from a range of demographic persons; in other words, by gender, by age, by socioeconomic group and by constituency as well.”
The prominent pollster from Jamaica, who established his highly reputable firm Market Research Services Limited in 1975, also said that, “From a constituency perspective, Team Unity is well positioned – if an election should be called now – to be re-elected, having improved their 2015 election constituency count based on the intention to vote measure.” Mr. Don Anderson noted that, “In this particular situation, we find Team Unity has actually done a good job in the eyes of the general public, to be so positioned that people say they would vote them in for a second term.”
Meanwhile Opposition Leader Dr Denzil Douglas is highly critical of the recent Don Anderson poll commissioned by the Team Unity Government, which says that if an election were held today, the Unity Government would be re-elected with an increased majority of eats over the 2015 outcome,. Speaking to Freedom Fm on Monday, Dr Douglas charged that the poll runs counter to the realities experienced by nationals of st Kitts and Nevis. Dr Douglas said, just speak to any citizen of St Kitts and Nevis for 15 minutes and feel the level of discontent and dissatisfaction with the Team Unity Government.
Dr Douglas emphasized the lack of jobs, the decline in the economy, the frustration of youth and the lack of supplies at the JNF Hospital. Dr Douglas stated it was only the Harris family and friends who are the direct beneficiaries of the nation’s opportunities for growth and development. Dr Douglas termed this cronyism and nepotism and its height and pointed out that the Don Anderson poll was therefore bogus.