Observers noted low voter turnout, attributing it to factors such as global political apathy, allegations of corruption, and the significant wealth of the candidates involved. Pintard, in his first bid to lead the FNM to victory, face inner party turmoil with the dropping of two main candidates from the party roll to run in this year’s elections. 

An insider said that internal party difficulties arose from parting ways with former Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and a very popular former Minister of Youth Sports and Culture Iram Lewis, who lost the Central Grand Bahama seat to FMN Frazette Gibson, who was favored by Pintard. Pintard’s fight to get rid of Dr. Minnis was ugly and left many party supporters questioning his leadership capabilities. Many felt that Pintard would have looked stronger had he been able to keep Minnis within the party ranks and subordinate to Pintard, perhaps even as a minister.

The FNM insider, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that stalwarts felt Pintard’s “eating your own” mentality was too internally destructive and reeked of cronyism. Pintard also took Darren Henfield, who lost the South Beach contest, from the Abaco seat after Henfield took serious backlash for ineffective Hurricane Darien relief efforts. The source said that this made the party look weak, especially when Lewis went to the COI to join Lincoln Bain.

Overall, the Davis PLP looks strong given the landslide mandate. The victory came amidst accusations of corruption, which was openly admitted to by the government’s acknowledgement that it gave out over $500M in no-bid contracts. Additionally there was pressure from new U.S. Ambassador Herschel Walker who stated that China’s construction of the new $267 million, 200-bed specialty hospital by China Railway Construction Corporation was “not a great deal”. Despite everything, Davis overcame the negative political turmoil and led the PLP to victory.