{"id":7664,"date":"2025-11-12T10:01:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7664"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T10:01:20","slug":"social-democrat-candidate-tops-poll-for-bucharest-mayor-by-a-small-margin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7664","title":{"rendered":"Social Democrat candidate tops poll for Bucharest mayor by a small margin"},"content":{"rendered":"

District 4 mayor Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103<\/strong>, backed by the governing Social Democratic Party (PSD), is the favorite in the race for the Bucharest City Hall, according to a poll conducted by Avangarde at the beginning of November 2025.\u00a0The Bucharest mayoral elections will take place on December 7, and all major parties<\/a> have put forth candidates for the job.\u00a0<\/p>\n

B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103 leads both in voting intention and in the public\u2019s perception of the probable winner of the elections. He is followed by the Liberal (PNL) candidate, Ciprian Ciucu, a few percentage points behind, while the USR candidate, C\u0103t\u0103lin Drul\u0103, ranks third.<\/p>\n

PSD, PNL, and USR are part of the governing coalition, and the Social Democrats insisted that each party should have its own candidate to block a separate alliance between the latter two.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Around 24% of respondents said they would vote for Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103, followed by the National Liberal Party candidate Ciprian Ciucu, with 21%, C\u0103t\u0103lin Drul\u0103, candidate of reformist center-right party Save Romania Union, with 20%, and independent candidate supported by far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), Anca Alexandrescu, with 17%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other candidates, such as Vlad Gheorghe, Ana Ciceal\u0103, Virgil Alexandru Zidaru, and Liviu Negoi\u021b\u0103, scored 5% or under.<\/p>\n

Around 88% of respondents have already indicated a candidate, suggesting a relatively consolidated electoral landscape one month before the elections. Asked who they thought would win, respondents indicated a similar hierarchy, but with a larger lead for B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103.<\/p>\n

Approximately 1,080 respondents participated in the survey, which was conducted from November 2 to 7.<\/p>\n

An earlier poll gave similar results<\/a>, but reversed the order between the second and third-placed candidates. The race may be decided by a small percentage of voters, as the elections will not have a second round of voting.<\/p>\n

A separate survey<\/a> by INSCOP Research showed that Romanians with primary education would predominantly vote for the far-right party AUR in a general election, followed by PSD, while college-educated voters would back center-right parties USR and PNL.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Specifically, 51% of people with primary education would choose to vote for AUR if parliamentary elections were held next Sunday. 18% of them would opt for PSD, 9% for PNL, 5% for UDMR, 4% for USR, 3% for another party, 3% for POT, and 3% for SOS Romania. No voting preferences were expressed for the SENS party or for an independent candidate.<\/p>\n

Romanians with secondary education declared that they would choose AUR, 21% PSD, 14% PNL, 9% USR, 4% UDMR, 4% POT, 4% SENS, and 2% SOS Romania. Around 1% would choose another party, and 1% an independent candidate.<\/p>\n

Finally, 31% of voters with higher education express their preference for USR. 24% of them would vote for PNL, 15% for AUR, 12% for PSD, 6% for SENS, 6% for UDMR, and 2% for POT. 1% support an independent candidate, 1% another party, and 1% SOS Romania.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe divide is not only political but also axiological, revealing differences in attitudes toward authority, institutions, and the idea of social progress. Practically, education functions as a filter of democratic socialization, producing electorates with fundamentally different expectations and civic behaviors,\u201d stated INSCOP General Director Remus \u0218tefureac.\u00a0<\/p>\n

radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source: Inquam Photos | George Calin)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

District 4 mayor Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103, backed by the governing Social Democratic Party (PSD), is the favorite in the race for the Bucharest City Hall, according to a poll conducted by Avangarde at the beginning of November 2025.\u00a0The Bucharest mayoral elections will take place on December 7, and all major parties have put forth candidates for […]<\/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-7664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7664","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=7664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}