{"id":4437,"date":"2025-04-03T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2025-04-03T07:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:00:53","slug":"new-poll-shows-far-right-candidate-simion-wins-first-round-but-loses-presidential-elections-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=4437","title":{"rendered":"New poll shows far-right candidate Simion wins first round but loses presidential elections in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A survey conducted by MKOR shows that far-right candidate George Simion is leading in voting intentions for the presidential elections, with 31.2% of the votes cast. Still, he would lose the second round against two of his challengers: independent Nicu\u015for Dan and ruling coalition&#8217;s candidate Crin Antonescu, according to the survey, presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bursa.ro\/sondaj-mkor-preferintele-electorale-din-primul-tur-si-dinamica-scenariilor-pentru-turul-doi-23792551?mc_cid=ebf955dda1&amp;mc_eid=607bd7d763\" target=\"_blank\">Bursa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was inconclusive in predicting a winner in a second poll.\u00a0According to the poll, Nicu\u015for Dan ranks second in the first round, with 22.7%, followed by Crin Antonescu, with 18.8%. Victor Ponta gets 17.1%, while Elena Lasconi is far behind, with 5.3%.<\/p>\n<p>In the second round, Simion would lose to Nicu\u015for Dan (35%-31%) and Crin Antonescu (33%-31%). With Victor Ponta and Elena Lasconi, the scores are extremely close, 30%-30% and, respectively, 31%-30%.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also highlights a strong polarization of the electorate: Simion is supported mainly by people from rural areas (58%), with low incomes (50%) and lower education (59%), while Nicu\u015for Dan attracts urban voters, with medium and high incomes (72%) and higher education (43%), the source states.<\/p>\n<p>The voting intention is high, with 87% of Simion&#8217;s supporters and 94% of Nicu\u015for Dan&#8217;s supporters saying they would go to the polls.<\/p>\n<p>However, the survey also highlights a high level of indecision: over 45% of respondents either did not mention a candidate spontaneously or refused to answer.<\/p>\n<p>The MKOR poll was conducted online, between March 26-28, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andrii Yalanskyi\/ Dreamstime<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey conducted by MKOR shows that far-right candidate George Simion is leading in voting intentions for the presidential elections, with 31.2% of the votes cast. Still, he would lose the second round against two of his challengers: independent Nicu\u015for Dan and ruling coalition&#8217;s candidate Crin Antonescu, according to the survey, presented by Bursa. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}