Not surprisingly, voters are losing interest in supporting Croatia’s major political parties.
The scandal about payments to outside consultants at Agrokor and the visit by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić are the two most important events in February. And now, Nova TV has published results of its monthly survey among voters reacting to the news, which show that all major parties are losing support, reports dnevnik.hr on February 24, 2018.
HDZ remains the strongest party, this month with the support of 29.8 percent of respondents. This is about one percentage point less than a month ago, and the decline is within the margin of error. Still, the party has recorded a drop in support for the second month in a row.
The main opposition party SDP is currently supported by 19.8 percent, which is also a small decline compared to the previous month. It seems evident that the party has not managed to use the latest Agrokor events to attract voters.
For the first time in five months, Živi Zid’s rating has stopped growing, and the party is now supported by 12.3 percent of voters. MOST is at the fourth position, with support of 6.6 percent.
The four largest parties are followed by Pametno, which is this month at 3.3 percent, Bandić Milan 365 (3 percent), Istrian regional party IDS (2.6 percent), Croatian Peasants Party HSS (2.4 percent), junior ruling coalition partner HNS (2.1 percent), and the Croatian Pensioners Party HSU (1.8 percent). Other parties are under one percent, while 8.2 percent of respondent said they could not decide which party to support.
The government still does not have the majority of citizens on its side when it comes to supporting its policies. Prime Minister Plenković’s actions are not supported by 59 percent of citizens. At the same time, 31 percent of respondents support government policies, while nine percent said they did not know what to think.
However, the level of belief that the ruling coalition will survive until the end of its term is at its highest point. Currently, as much as 77 percent of respondents believe that the government will survive, 18 percent think that the government will collapse, while five percent are not sure.
Despite everything, 64.5 percent of citizens think that the country is heading in the wrong direction, which is the fourth month in a row that the pessimism has been falling. At the same time, the citizens’ optimism about the direction in which Croatia is moving is growing. There are currently 27.2 percent of those who believe that the country is on the right track.
The survey was conducted by the IPSOS agency between 1 and 20 February, on a sample of 969 adult citizens from all parts of Croatia.
Translated from dnevnik.hr
