High approval ratings will bolster the effectiveness of the president, Danilo Medina of the Partido de la liberation Dominicana (PLD), but he will not run in May 2016 owing to a constitutional ban on consecutive re-election.
The weakness of the main opposition Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD) will prevent it from presenting a viable challenge in the 2016 elections, and The Economist Intelligence Unit forecasts that the PLD will retain power.

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