NNN/Bluedot Poll: Clear Majority Believe JLP Deserves 3rd Term

A clear majority of Jamaicans now believe the Andrew Holness-led Jamaica Labour Party deserves a third term in office.

That sentiment has increased by five points since last May.

That’s according to the latest Nationwide/Bluedot polls, powered by Total Tools.

It’s a big vote of confidence for the governing party as it enters the final stretch of the 2025 election campaign.

Ricardo Brooks has the numbers.

The Labourites have been telling anyone who will listen that a third term is loading.

In fact, some have been bold enough to predict its already loaded.

According to the Bluedot data, they may well be right.

When the pollsters asked 1,511 registered voters whether Andrew Holness and his government deserve a third term, 55.5 percent said yes.

That’s up five points from the 50.3 percent who gave the same answer in May.

It’s also a near eight-point jump from the 48 percent who said yes in September last year.

Forty four percent of the respondents want to see the back of Holness and his green army.

But, the Labourites need not be too daunted by that figure, since its down 5.2 points since May.

The Bluedot pollsters say the strong reception to a third term indicates a JLP that has consolidated support, and is now benefiting from a decisive shift in public sentiment.

This shift is being reported on the day the security forces and special service electors are casting their ballots, and just four days out from the ultimate political show down between Holness’ JLP and Golding’s PNP.

Earlier this year, this reporter told you to buy eye puddung cause a naain ntn did a guh, a supm did a come.

You may to take those eyes out of storage. The hour draws nigh.

The Jamaican people will soon return their final verdict on this business of a third term.

The Nationwide Bluedot polls were conducted between August 19 and 27.

The margin of error is plus or minus 2.5 percent.

Meanwhile, support for a third term for Andrew Holness is strongest in the parishes of Manchester, Portland and Trelawny, where more than 60 percent of respondents say their prepared to stick with the JLP.

In Manchester and Trelawny, the support is as high as 70 percent.

Clarendon is also showing strong support for a third term, with 57 percent of respondents in the parish saying yes.

Kingston and St. Andrew are also prepared to return Holness to office, with 56 percent saying yes.

The Labourites have work to do in St. Mary, Hanover and St. Ann where majorities say no to the prospect of a third term.

Those were the only three parishes to return majorities against a third term.

The parish of Westmoreland was split evenly on the question.