An opinion poll released this August by
the Info-politics Studies and Research Center shows that the
political personality Romanians trust the most, with 59 percent
favorability rating is President Klaus Iohannis.
This result shows a
decrease in confidence with a 19 percent slip compared to the 78
percent approval rating he enjoyed in December. According to the
poll, next after President Klaus Iohannis in the Romanians'
confidence ranking is Sorin Oprescu with 40 percent confidence rate.
The CSCI data also reveals that Premier
Victor Ponta has a 35 percent confidence rating this August, as to 36
percent in December 2014, while Calin Popescu Tariceanu scores 33
percent as to 36 percent in December 2014. If parliamentary elections
were held next Sunday, the New Liberal National Party would get the
vote of 41 percent of the Romanians, while 37 percent of the voters
would go for the Social Democratic Party. The Hungarian Democratic
Union of Romania and the M10 Party headed by Monica Macovei would
each get 5 percent of the votes, while the Alliance of Liberals and
Democrats, the People's Movement Party and the United Romania Party
would each garner 3 percent of the votes.
The National Union for
Romania's Progress would get 2 percent of the ballots, the CSCI poll
also found and reported by Agerpress. The same poll shows that 44
percent of Romanians believe the country is currently headed for the
good direction, while 49 percent think the opposite. Asked about
their overall life satisfaction level, 57 percent of the respondents
said they are satisfied, while 43 percent said they are unhappy with
it.