{"id":9420,"date":"2026-03-23T09:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9420"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:01:21","slug":"romanias-opposition-party-aur-maintains-lead-at-35-despite-slight-decline-in-latest-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9420","title":{"rendered":"Romania&#8217;s opposition party AUR maintains lead at 35% despite slight decline in latest poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s opposition Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) remains the most popular party with 35% support, despite a slight decline, according to an Avangarde survey conducted between March 10 and March 17.<\/p>\n<p>If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, 35% of respondents said they would vote for AUR, followed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) at 22%, the National Liberal Party (PNL) at 14%, the Save Romania Union (USR) at 11%, and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) at 5%, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g4media.ro\/35-dintre-romani-ar-vota-cu-aur-daca-duminica-viitoare-ar-avea-loc-alegeri-pentru-parlamentul-romaniei-potrivit-unui-sondaj-avangarde-aproape-80-dintre-conationali-cred-ca-tara-se-indreapta-intr-o.html?mc_cid=811dac25f1&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">G4media.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Public sentiment regarding the country\u2019s direction remains largely negative. According to the survey, 79% of respondents believe Romania is heading in the wrong direction, while only 18% consider the current trajectory to be positive.<\/p>\n<p>Dissatisfaction with the government led by prime minister Ilie Bolojan is also widespread. A total of 43% of respondents said they are completely dissatisfied with the government\u2019s performance, while 37% are rather dissatisfied, and 17% expressed satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to compare current governance with expectations prior to January 2025, 48% said they are rather disappointed, 36% reported having had no expectations, and 14% said they are satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister\u2019s personal approval ratings reflect a similar trend. Some 49% of respondents said they are not at all satisfied with Bolojan\u2019s activity, while 24% are rather dissatisfied, and 20% expressed satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the Social Democratic Party\u2019s position in government, 29% of respondents believe PSD should vote on the budget and then leave the coalition, while equal shares of 20% said the party should either not support the budget or support it and remain in government.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was conducted on a sample of 1,000 respondents and has a margin of error of 3%.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/George Calin)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s opposition Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) remains the most popular party with 35% support, despite a slight decline, according to an Avangarde survey conducted between March 10 and March 17. If parliamentary elections were held next Sunday, 35% of respondents said they would vote for AUR, followed by the Social Democratic Party [&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-9420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420","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=9420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}