If elections were held next Sunday in the Republic of Moldova, 25.2% of the respondents of a poll would vote for the Electoral Bloc of Communists and Socialists, 22.7% for the Party of Action and Solidarity, while 8.1% for Șor Party. No other political parties would enter Parliament. At the same time, 13.7% of the persons eligible to vote would not go to the polls, while 23% of those interviewed said they don’t know or didn’t answer this question. The research was presented by the Institute for Political Science and International Relations “Ioan I.C. Brătianu” of the Romanian Academy in partnership with the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives “Viitorul” of Chisinau, IPN reports.
Almost 70% of those polled said they would definitely cast their ballots in parliamentary elections if these were held next Sunday. 12% said they would probably go to vote, almost 3% said they would probably not vote, while 12.6% are sure they would not vote. 2.6% either didn’t know how to answer or refused to do it.
Of all those decided, 40% said they would vote for BECS, 36% for PAS, whereas 12.9% for PPȘor. Other parties would not pass the election threshold.
The Moldovans trust President Maia Sandu the most. 16.6% of the respondents said she is the political personality of the Republic of Moldova they trust the most. The president of honor of the Party of Socialists, ex-President Igor Dodon, was mentioned by 10.3% of the respondents. The leader of Șor Party Ilan Șor comes third. He is trusted by 2.1% of those surveyed. He is followed by Vladimir Voronin, Ion Ceban, Ion Chicu and other persons who were mentioned by less than 2% of those polled.
The barometer “Republic of Moldova and Romania in tumult of regional crises” was carried out by the Center of Sociological Investigations and Marketing “CBS-Research” on a sample of 1,134 persons from 13 geographical regions that coincide with the territorial-administrative units that existed before the return to districts. The margin of sampling error is +-3%. The data were collected during January 24 – February 5, 2022 through face-to-face interviews.
