Romanians divided on snap elections while far-right tops preferences, survey says

The useful part

Around 36% of respondents believe that the current political crisis should definitely be resolved by holding snap elections, while 11% rather agree with this option. 26% are rather against holding snap elections, while 21% say they are definitely against it, according to the survey. At the same time, 79% of respondents believe that Romania is heading in the wrong direction, while only 15% believe that the country is heading in the right direction.

How it works

• The first three parties together account for more than three-quarters of the expressed voting preferences," the researchers said.
• The difference between negative and positive assessments is significant, and the high proportion of dissatisfied people shows that the negative assessment of the country's direction is widespread among the...
• As such, if parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) would receive 34% of the votes, followed by the Romanian Social Democrats (PSD) with 25% and...
• "The results indicate that a high level of dissatisfaction among the population is being maintained.
• CURS also looked at the changing level of support for Romanian political parties.

What to take from it

The center-right reformist Union Save Romania Party (USR) would get 8% of the vote, while the Hungarian minority party UDMR would get 5% of the vote, the minimum to enter the Romanian legislature. "The results place AUR in first place in electoral preferences, 9% ahead of PSD.

Details worth keeping

Smaller parties would not enter the Parliament at all. Romania would receive 3%, while the Nationalist Party Reforming Romania. Piedone, Conservative Action and SENS were each credited with 2%.