65% of Moldovans are ready to vote on April 5, poll

65% of the Moldovans are disposed to take part in the April 5 elections, shows a poll conducted by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova, which was presented on March 27, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the poll, 84% of the Moldovan voters consider that the parliamentary elections are important and very important, but only 2.7% of those questioned are ready to go to the polls in any circumstances. “Most of those that will vote under any circumstances are supporters of the Communist Party of Moldova and the Liberal Party,” said the Association’s president Victor Mocanu. 19% of the respondents said that their participation in elections depends on the quality of the elections, 19.9% - on the performance of the election runners, 11% - on the quality of life, 12.2% - on the health condition. 4.3% of those questioned would vote only if compelled, while 2.7% said it would depend on the weather. 2% of those polled would go to the polls only if paid. Among the most important reasons invoked by the persons determined not to take part in this spring’s elections are: absence from the settlement, loss of trust in the election contenders and health problems. The poll showed that the population’s discontents are related to the sum of money that they can manage, the political situation in the country and the medical services. About 40% of the adult population considers that the economic situation in the country has improved, 31% think it has worsened, while 26.4% see no changes. As regards the opportunities offered by the mass media to the political parties, about 39% of the respondents consider that some of the parties are favored, 22% said the mass media offers equal chances to all the political parties, while the rest could not say. The “Vox Populi – 2009” poll was carried out between March 9 and 20. It covered a sample of 1,585 respondents older than 18 from 79 settlements, except the Transnistrian region. The margin of sampling error is 2.6%.