{"id":5275,"date":"2025-06-02T10:01:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:01:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:01:32","slug":"president-nicusor-dan-leads-political-trust-survey-in-romania-followed-by-ilie-bolojan-and-george-simion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5275","title":{"rendered":"President Nicu\u0219or Dan leads political trust survey in Romania, followed by Ilie Bolojan and George Simion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inscop.ro\/iunie-2025-barometrul-informat-ro-inscop-research-notorietatea-si-increderea-in-personalitati-politice\/\" target=\"_blank\">national poll<\/a> conducted by INSCOP Research between May 26\u201330 shows newly elected president <strong>Nicu\u0219or Dan<\/strong> leading the trust rankings among Romanian political figures, followed by former interim president Ilie Bolojan and far-right leader George Simion (AUR).<\/p>\n<p>According to the survey, 47% of respondents expressed a high or very high level of trust in Nicu\u0219or Dan, with 98.5% reporting they were familiar with the current president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ilie Bolojan (Liberal, PNL) ranked second, earning 42.2% trust and a notoriety score of 92.4%, while AUR leader George Simion followed with 33.9% trust and 98.8% notoriety.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UDMR\u2019s president Kelemen Hunor came next with 26.7% trust and 77.9% notoriety, a record high in INSCOP polling for the long-time politician. Former prime minister Victor Ponta registered 20% trust, followed by Timi\u0219oara mayor Dominic Fritz (USR) with 16.4% and transport minister Sorin Grindeanu (Social Democrat, PSD)\u00a0 with 12.9%.<\/p>\n<p>The data reflects not only general public sentiment but also notable differences between political party electorates. Among AUR voters, George Simion commands overwhelming trust (83%), with Victor Ponta a distant second (15%) and others like Ilie Bolojan, Nicu\u0219or Dan, and Sorin Grindeanu each garnering around 6%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, PSD voters show strong trust in Nicu\u0219or Dan (63%), Ilie Bolojan (58%), and Victor Ponta (52%), while George Simion and Dominic Fritz receive just 12%.<\/p>\n<p>PNL voters express high levels of trust in both Nicu\u0219or Dan (85%) and Ilie Bolojan (83%), followed by Kelemen Hunor (61%) and Dominic Fritz (36%). George Simion trails far behind at just 6%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among USR voters, Nicu\u0219or Dan remains the dominant figure with 94% trust, ahead of Ilie Bolojan (85%) and Dominic Fritz (48%). Other figures, including Victor Ponta and George Simion, attract minimal trust from this group.<\/p>\n<p>The poll surveyed 1,150 respondents aged 18 and over, using CATI (telephone interviews) and stratified sampling to ensure national representation across key demographic categories. The margin of error is \u00b12.9% at a 95% confidence level.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Sabin Cirstoveanu)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new national poll conducted by INSCOP Research between May 26\u201330 shows newly elected president Nicu\u0219or Dan leading the trust rankings among Romanian political figures, followed by former interim president Ilie Bolojan and far-right leader George Simion (AUR). According to the survey, 47% of respondents expressed a high or very high level of trust in [&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-5275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275","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=5275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}