Igor Dodon and Maia Sandu are favorites in presidential race

17.03.2020 13:17
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About 22% of the respondents of a poll would vote for Igor Dodon in the presidential elections of this autumn, while 10.3% for Maia Sandu. Some 5.2% of those interviewed named other candidates who would gain 1% and less. Also, 14.5% of those polled said they would not vote for anyone, while almost half don’t know or didn’t answer, shows a survey conducted by Date Inteligente SRL (iData) during March 13-15.

In a news conference at IPN, iData executive director Mihai Bologan said the poll involved 326 persons from 134 communities who were contacted by phone. “The number of undecided voters is rather high and there are practically two candidates who are favorites in the race. The others, as I said, would gain 1% or less,” stated Mihai Bologan.

The survey involved 17 experts. Asked who would win this year’s presidential elections, 41.2% said Igor Dodon, 35.3% - Maia Sandu, while 5.9% – Andrei Năstase. Also, 5.9% of the experts said Igor Dodon or Maia Sandu, while 11.8% don’t know. If the runoffs involve Igor Dodon and Maia Sandu, 64.7% of the experts consider Igor Dodon would win, while 35.3% believe Maia Sandu would emerge victorious.

If snap parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, 21.2% of the respondents would vote for the Party of Socialists, 13.3% for the Action and Solidarity Party, 4.8% for the Party “Dignity and Truth Platform”, 3.5% for the Party of Communists, 2% for the Democratic Party etc. Among experts, the votes are distributed in a different way: 24.4% – Union Political Movement, 12% – the PSRM, 8% – the PAS; 7.3% – the PPPDA, 4% – the PDM etc.

Asked which of the politicians they trust the most, 19.1% said they trust Igor Dodon, 13.7% – Maia Sandu, 2.1% – Ion Chicu, 2% – Andrei Năstase, 2% – Renato Usatyi. The other politicians obtained less than 2%.

The company also presented observations concerning the new parliamentary elections that were held in Hâncești on March 15. One of them is that the voter turnout was low. The distribution of votes on the right and on the left was exactly as the company’s previous poll forecast.