(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The majority of people in Italy offer support to the governing alliance of conservative parties, according to a poll by Crespi Ricerche. 55.7 per cent of respondents would vote for the Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL), the Northern League (LN), or the Autonomy in the next legislative election.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The majority of people in Italy offer support to the governing alliance of conservative parties, according to a poll by Crespi Ricerche. 55.7 per cent of respondents would vote for the Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL), the Northern League (LN), or the Autonomy in the next legislative election.
The centre-left alliance encompassing the Democratic Party (PD), Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro) and the Pannella Bonino List is second with 31.2 per cent. Support is lower for Union of the Centre, the Left Refoundation (RpS), and Left and Freedom (SeL).
Italian voters renewed the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in April 2008. Final results gave Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing coalition 344 seats in the lower house, and 174 seats in the upper house. The victory put an end to the government of the centre-left Union (Unione), headed by Romano Prodi.
Berlusconi was sworn in as the country’s new head of government in May 2008. He had previously served as prime minister from May 1994 to January 1995, and from June 2001 to May 2006.
On Feb. 21, the PD elected Dario Franceschini as its new leader.
On Apr. 22, Franceschini commented on the current state of Italian politics, saying, "I am doing my job with the greatest possible determination and I am directly experiencing how unbalanced the game is in Italy: there is an unbalance in means, money, and control over communications. All of this makes for a biased game. But this must not make us cave in to dejection, on the other hand it is a drive to play even harder to win and I will give my all."
Polling Data
If the national political election were held today, which party would you vote for?
|
Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL) / |
55.7% |
|
Democratic Party (PD) / |
31.2% |
|
Union of the Centre |
5.0% |
|
Left Refoundation (RpS) |
4.2% |
|
Left and Freedom (SeL) |
2.5% |
|
Other parties |
1.4% |
Source: Crespi Ricerche
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted from Apr. 20 to Apr. 22, 2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
