If presidential elections were held next Sunday, the Party of Socialists’ candidate Igor Dodon and the candidate of the Political Party “Platform Dignity and Truth” Andrei Nastase would gain most of the votes, shows the sociological survey “Sociopolitical situation in the Republic of Moldova before the presidential elections in the population’s opinion” that was conducted by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers, IPN reports.
33.9% of those questioned would vote for Igor Dodon, 12.6% for Andrei Nastase, 11.8% for the head of the Democratic Party Marian Lupu, 10.1% for the leader of the Party “Action and Solidarity” Maia Sandu, while 6.8% for the chairman of the European People’s Party of Moldova Iurie Leanca. 3.8% would support the candidate of “Our Party” Dumitru Chubashenko, while 0.9% the chairman of the Liberal Party Mihai Ghimpu.
Approximately 82% of the respondents consider things inside the country go wrong. 68% of those polled disapprove of the changes related to the Transnistrian conflict, corruption fighting and economic developments that occurred during the last five years. Each third respondent considers the Government headed by Pavel Filip is able to improve things, but 59% are skeptical about this, while 7% didn’t state their opinion.
The poll shows 67% of those surveyed have confidence in the church. The press ranks second by the level of enjoyed confidence. The political parties and justice rank last.
If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, 24.2% of those polled would vote for the Party of Socialists, 10.1% for the Political Party “Platform Dignity and Truth”, 8.9% for the Party “Action and Solidarity”, 8% for the Democratic Party, 6.5% for “Our Party”, 4.6% for the Party of Communists, 4% for the European People’s Party of Moldova, 2.8% for the Liberal Party, 1.3% for the Liberal Democratic Party, while 1.2% for the People’s Party of the Republic of Moldova.
About 29% of the respondents are against holding early parliamentary elections in Moldova in 2016, 61% are in favor, while 10% do not have an opinion about this.
Also, 40% of those interviewed would vote for entry into the European Union in a possible referendum, while 43% for entry into the Eurasian Economic Union. 8% would not take part in the plebiscite, while 9% could not say what they would choose.
The survey was carried out between September 28 and October 5, 2016 and covered a sample of 1,161 people from 75 settlements. The margin of sampling error is at most 3%.
