Almost one third of voters think mass media offer incomplete information about political parties

Almost one third of respondents in a poll think that the information presented by the mass media about the political parties is incomplete. At the same time, 24 percent of the respondents of the Vox Populi poll, conducted by the Moldovan Association of Sociologists and Demographers, said they were not interested to find out more about the political parties because they were concerned with other problems, Info-Prim Neo reports. The most important source of information for the populace is television – 91 percent; 42 percent of respondents use radio for information and 37 use print media. 69 percent of respondents said that they learned about voting procedures in the press, 13 percent from relatives and neighbors and 11 percent at the polling station. Other mentioned sources were NGOs, the Election Code, announcements and information offered at the work place. Also, 45 percent of respondents think that the election campaign was conducted without violations, over 33 percent said there were violations and the remainder said they knew little about the election campaign and could not give an answer.