{"id":442651,"date":"2016-10-05T22:01:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T22:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=442651"},"modified":"2016-10-06T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T16:44:00","slug":"iri-poll-igor-dodon-get-30-maia-sandu-andrei-nastase-13-marian-lupu-12-sandu-leads-second-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/iri-poll-igor-dodon-get-30-maia-sandu-andrei-nastase-13-marian-lupu-12-sandu-leads-second-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"IRI poll: Igor Dodon to get 30%, Maia Sandu and Andrei N\u0103stase 13% each, Marian Lupu 12%, Sandu leads in second tour"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

On October 5th, a new nationwide poll on Moldova was published<\/a> by the International Republic Institute.
\nThe results of the poll<\/a> show that 64% of the Moldovan citizens are “very likely” to vote at the upcoming Presidential elections, while 25% are “somewhat likely” to do so. With 82% thinking the country is going in the country direction, 78% expressed the views that Moldova needs serious and systemic reforms.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, the poll shows the Presidential preferences in terms of candidates for the upcoming election (see heading photo). 30% of the respondents declared they would vote for the Socialists Igor Dodon, 13% for former Education Minister, 13% (with a slight disadvantage) for leader of Platform DA Andrei N\u0103stase, 12% for the Democrat Marian Lupu, 5% for the former Communist President Vladimir Voronin (announced boycott), 3% for former PM Iurie Leanc\u0103, 3% for “Our Party” candidate Dumitru Ciuba\u0219enco, 1% for the Liberal Mihai Ghimpu and 1% for social activist Oleg Brega (retreated). 12% did not have any answer regarding their favorite Presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

Asked about whom they would vote for in the second round of Presidential elections, 38% of people didn’t have an answer, while 13% declared they wouldn’t vote. Still, the leading candidate would be Maia Sandu with 11%, followed by Andrei N\u0103stase with 7% and Igor Dodon and Dumitru Ciuba\u0219enco both with 6%.
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Source: iri.org<\/p><\/div>\n

The Action and Solidarity Party, led by Sandu, declared that the poll was agreed to be taken as a tool to choose a joint Presidential candidate of the opposition between Maia Sandu and Andrei N\u0103stase.
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