If snap parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, three parties would enter the legislative body: the Party of Action and Solidary, the Party of Socialists and the Shor Party. According to the sociological survey Vox Populi, the PAS would obtain 25.7% of the vote, the PSRM – 24.35%, while the Shor Party – 6.5%. The rest of the parties would not pass the election threshold. More than one third of the respondents haven’t yet decided who to vote for or will not cast their ballots, IPN reports.
According to the survey that was conducted by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of the Republic of Moldova, of the about 65% of the decided respondents, 39.75% would vote for the PAS, 37.6% for the PSRM, while each tenth respondent who would take part in the polls would vote for the Shor Party. Other parties would not pass the election threshold.
“If we determine the seats according to the distribution formula, the PAS would gain 46 seats of MP, the PSRM - 44, the Shor Party – 11. This is the situation on April 20. Evidently, the results will be different. It depends on how the political forces mobilize the own voters and on how massively the diaspora votes,” the Association’s president Victor Mocanu told a news conference.
The poll shows that if snap parliamentary elections are held, 24% of those surveyed would vote in any circumstances, while 11% would vote if all the measures against COVID-19 are taken in the voting process. Another 8% of the respondents said they would vote when the elections are free and fair, 8% – when the parties enjoy the people’s confidence, 7% – if the state of health permits, 6% – when the living standards improve, etc.
President Maia Sandu is trusted by 28% of those polled, the Socialist leader Igor Dodon by 24.2%, the leader of the Shor Party Ilan Shor by 6.6%, the mayor of Chisinau Ion Ceban by 3.6%, the leader of the Our Party Renato Usatyi – by 3.5%. Some 13.5% of those interviewed said they do not trust anyone, while 12% said they don’t know or didn’t answer.
The data show the situation on April 20. The survey based on interviews covered a sample of 1,187 respondents from 85 settlements. The margin of sampling error is +/-3%.
