If snap parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, two political parties and an electable bloc would enter Parliament, according to a sociological survey carried out by the Association of Sociologists and Demographers of Moldova. The Party of Action and Solidarity would gain 35.5% of the poll, the Electoral Bloc of the Communists and the Socialists – 36.1%, while the Shor Party – 7.3%. The other parties would not pass the election threshold, IPN reports.
According to the Association’s chairman Victor Mocanu, the poll shows 67.4% of the respondents already decided who to vote for. In 53% of the cases, the people are motivated to take part in elections by the civic duty, followed by the wish to state their own political stance or by the conviction that this is the only possibility of influencing the country’s fate.
Some 47.4% of those polled said they decide who to vote for before the election campaign, 30.6% – during the election campaign, while 11.4% – several days before the elections.
78.6% of those interviewed consider the phenomenon of vote buying is spread or very spread in Moldova, while 33.1% believe that the votes are not counted correctly after the elections.
76% of the respondents said the four-year mandate of Moldova’s Parliament is opportune and should be kept. Over 70% are against holding the elections during two or more days, while about 60% would like to vote at any polling station in the country.
According to 57.5% of those surveyed, the current election campaign is conducted without violations. 22% of the respondents consider particular violations are committed, while 10.2% said a lot of violations are committed during the election campaign. 30.6% said the elections in Moldova are free and fair, 45.9% believe they are partially free and fair, while 18.4% consider they are not free and fair.
14.4% of the respondents said the electoral frauds do not influence or influence insignificantly the election outcome, while about 80% consider these influence the result a lot or very much. 78.6% said the citizens who sell their vote should be held accountable, while 43% of those polled said the persons or election runners who corrupt voters should be removed from the electoral race and punished.
President Maia Sandu is the political personality who is trusted by most of the decided respondents – 32.6%. The Socialist leader Igor Dodon comes next with 32.1%. He is followed by Vladimir Voronin with 8.2%, Zinaida Grechanîi with 5%, Ilan Shor with 4.7%, Ion Ceban with 4.6%, and Renato Usatîi with 4.4%.
As to the geopolitical orientation, if a referendum was held next Sunday, 42.4% of those polled would choose the European Union, while 40.8% – the Eurasian Economic Union. About 52% would vote against Moldova’s entry into NATO.
The survey was based on questionaries’ filled out at respondents’ homes during May 24 – June 5, 2021. It covered a sample of 1,179 respondents from 83 settlements. The margin of sampling error is +/-3%.
