The latest poll was conducted as the ruling coalition was disintegrating.
SDP has overtaken HDZ and MOST has stopped its decline – these are the most important results of the CRO Demoskop monthly survey conducted by Promocija Plus agency for HRT from 1 to 3 June, reports HRT on June 4, 2016.
If parliamentary elections were held in early June, SDP would be the relative winner with the support of 30.5 percent of voters (it had the support of 29.2 percent of voters in May and 24 percent of voters in June last year). SDP is followed by HDZ with 26.3 percent (29.5 percent in May and 30.2 percent in June last year), Živi Zid with 7.4 percent (7.3 percent in May) and MOST with 6.4 percent (5.7 percent in May). After five months of decline, MOST has managed to stop the decline in electoral support and closed the gap in relation to Živi Zid. Judging by these figures, it seems that the latest events surrounding the government have harmed support for HDZ and brought positive effects for MOST.
The list of most positive Croatian politicians is headed by President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović who is the choice of 19.6 percent of voters (20.7 percent in May). Former Prime Minister Zoran Milanović in second with 13.1 percent, which is his best result since the last parliamentary elections. He is followed by “no one” (12.8 percent), Živi Zid leader Ivan Sinčić (8.8 percent), Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković (6.9 percent; 12.5 percent in May and 17.8 percent in April), Deputy Prime Minister and MOST president Božo Petrov (4.8 percent; up by 1.9 percentage points compared to May), and First Deputy Prime Minister and HDZ president Tomislav Karamarko (2.3 percent; down by 0.6 points compared to May).
The first place on the list of the most negative politicians belongs to Tomislav Karamarko (37.4 percent; 34.3 percent in May), and he is followed by Zoran Milanović (26.4 percent; 20.7 percent in May). “All politicians” as a separate category received 11.5 percent of “support”. Božo Petrov is in the fourth place (5.3 percent).
As for the direction of the country, it is supported by only 9.1 percent of citizens (compared to 16.4 percent in May, 18.8 percent in April, 20.6 percent in March, 24.1 percent in February and 29.4 percent in January), while 83.2 percent of citizens think that Croatia is heading in the wrong direction (compared to 71.4 percent in May).
In this month’s survey, the government has recorded lower level of support for its activities in relation to the results a month ago. Its support now stands at 36 percent (compared to 42 percent in May), while 51.9 percent do not support it (41.5 percent in May). On the 1-5 scale, the government received a low score of 1.84. This is the lowest score for any government since the beginning of this poll (since January 2004). The President received the score of 3.04 (3.07 in May), and Parliament received the score of 1.85 (2.06 in May).
