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Italy’s Right Retains Majority Support
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Italian adults continue to express support for the governing coalition of right-leaning parties, according to a poll by Euromedia Research. 52.6 per cent of respondents would vote for the Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL), the Northern League (LN), or the Movement for Autonomy (MPA) in the next election to the Chamber of Deputies, up 1.1 points since July.
The left-leaning alliance encompassing the Democratic Party (PD) and Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro) is second with 34.2 per cent. Support is lower for the Left Rainbow (SA), the Union of the Centre, The Right (La Destra), and the Socialist Party (PS).
Italian voters renewed the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in April. 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. He had previously served as prime minister from May 1994 to January 1995, and from June 2001 to May 2006.
On Nov. 25, Berlusconi said his administration has "guaranteed to step in and stop power and gas bills, the cost of train tickets and highway tolls" from rising, in order to help consumers during the current economic downturn.
Polling Data
If the political election took place tomorrow, which party would you vote for?
|
Oct. 2008 |
Jul. 2008 |
|
|
Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL) / |
52.6% |
51.5% |
|
Democratic Party (PD) / |
34.2% |
33.4% |
|
Left Rainbow (SA) |
5.6% |
4.5% |
|
Union of the Centre |
4.1% |
5.8% |
|
The Right (La Destra) |
1.4% |
1.5% |
|
Socialist Party (PS) |
0.6% |
0.6% |
|
Other parties |
1.5% |
2.7% |
Source: Euromedia Research
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted on Oct. 10 and Oct. 11, 2008. Margin of error is 3 per cent.