Over 67% of Romanians would prefer the future president of the country to be more of a pro-Western candidate, according to an INSCOP opinion poll conducted between October 11-18.
Moreover, over 70% of the interviewees declare that they would rather prefer a candidate with experience, and 44.5% of the survey participants would prefer the future president to be someone independent of parties, according to Inscop Research.
According to the survey data, 67.5% of Romanians would prefer the future president to be more of a pro-Western candidate, while 17.1% would rather prefer an anti-Western candidate. 3.9% say this aspect does not matter, and 11.5% do not know or do not respond.
They would rather prefer a pro-Western candidate, especially: voters of Mircea Geoană and Elena Lasconi, USR voters, individuals under 30, people with higher education, residents of Bucharest or large urban areas.
They would rather prefer an anti-Western candidate, especially: voters of George Simion, AUR voters, those with primary education, and TikTok users.
Moreover, 70.6% of the interviewees declare that they would rather prefer someone with experience, while 24.5% say they would prefer someone younger. 3.7% say this aspect does not matter, and 1.2% do not know or do not respond.
They would prefer the future president of Romania to be someone younger, especially: voters of Elena Lasconi and George Simion, USR and AUR voters, individuals under 45 years old.
Voters of Marcel Ciolacu and Mircea Geoană, PNL and PSD voters, individuals over 45 years old declare in a higher proportion than the average that they would rather prefer someone with experience.
44.5% of the survey participants would prefer the future president of Romania to be someone independent of parties. 41.9% would rather prefer a representative of a political party for the top position in the state. 7.1% say this aspect does not matter, and 6.5% do not know or do not respond.
They would prefer the future president of Romania to be someone independent of parties, especially: voters of Mircea Geoană, individuals with higher education, residents of Bucharest, private sector employees.
They would prefer the future president of Romania to be more of a representative of a political party, especially: voters of Marcel Ciolacu, PSD and PNL voters, individuals over 60 years old, public sector employees.
The opinion poll was conducted at the request of the 'Libertatea' newspaper, using the CATI method, with a sample size of 1,106 persons, representative of significant socio-demographic categories (gender, age, occupation) for the non-institutionalized population of Romania, aged 18 and over.
The maximum permissible data error is plus/minus 2.95%, with a confidence level of 95%.