If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, three political parties would enter the legislative body. The Party of Socialists (PSRM) would gain 35.3% of the vote, the Party “Action and Solidarity” (PAS) 16.9%, while the Democratic Party (PDM) 7.4%, shows an opinion poll presented by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova on January 24, IPN reports.
Some 22.4% of those polled do not know who they would vote for or didn’t want to answer, while 7.6% would not vote for anyone. Thus, almost one third of the respondents could not formulate a choice. Among the respondents who know who they would vote for, 50.4% would vote for the PSRM, 24.1% for the PAS, while 10.6% for the PDM.
Head of the Association of Sociologists and Demographers Victor Mocanu said the results reveal the picture in the case of the party-list proportional representation system. Explaining their option, those who chose the PSRM said this is the most important opposition parliamentary party. It is consistent in its acts, has a pro-Moldova orientation and struggles for statehood. As to the PAS, the respondents said that this is the main extraparliamentary party that consistently fights corruption, staged a series of demonstrations and uses a more serious staff selection and promotion method. The PDM was selected by the respondents because this assumed responsibility for governance during the past two years and had the courage to follow the reform path, even if some of the reforms were less successful.
According to the poll, 27.4% of the respondents said that during the last two years they changed their favorite political party. According to Victor Mocanu, this shows that the level of loyalty to the political class is rather low.
Among the most trusted politicians are: Igor Dodon, who is trusted by 25% of the respondents, Maia Sandu – 9.1% and Pavel Filip – 2.1%. Some 24.6% of the respondents trust no one, while 28.1% do not know who they trust or didn’t want to answer.
The poll covered 1 783 people from 91 communities, except for the Transnistrian region, and was carried out during January 2-18, 2018. The margin of sampling error is +/- 2.4%.
