{"id":9785,"date":"2026-04-17T08:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9785"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:01:13","slug":"poll-says-romanian-pm-ilie-bolojan-enjoys-three-times-higher-support-than-psd-leader-sorin-grindeanu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9785","title":{"rendered":"Poll says Romanian PM Ilie Bolojan enjoys three times higher support than PSD leader Sorin Grindeanu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s prime minister <strong>Ilie Bolojan<\/strong> enjoys significantly stronger public support than his main political challenger, Social Democrat (PSD) leader Sorin Grindeanu, according to a poll conducted by the Political Rating Agency for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digi24.ro\/stiri\/actualitate\/politica\/pe-cine-vor-romanii-premier-si-ce-cred-ca-ar-trebui-sa-faca-nicusor-dan-in-conflictul-grindeanu-vs-bolojan-sondaj-comandat-de-digi24-3729727?mc_cid=2044d8740f&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Digi24<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some 16.2% of respondents said they would prefer Bolojan as head of the executive, compared to just 4.7% backing Grindeanu &#8211; indicating support for the incumbent prime minister is more than three times higher.<\/p>\n<p>The highest level of support was recorded by opposition AUR leader George Simion (AUR), at 18.7%, while 14.7% of respondents said they would prefer a technocratic prime minister. More than one-third of those surveyed did not provide a clear answer.<\/p>\n<p>The poll also explored public expectations regarding president Nicu\u0219or Dan\u2019s role in the ongoing political tensions. A plurality of respondents (42.2%) believe the president should remain neutral in the conflict between Bolojan and PSD.<\/p>\n<p>Among those favoring a more active stance, support tilts clearly toward the prime minister: 13.1% of all respondents think Dan should back Bolojan, compared to 4.2% who support Grindeanu.<\/p>\n<p>However, when preferences are expressed in terms of political parties rather than individuals, PSD appears to have a slight edge. Some 5.5% of respondents believe the president should support the Social Democrats, compared to a combined 3.1% for the Liberal Party (PNL) and the reformist USR.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Gov.ro)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s prime minister Ilie Bolojan enjoys significantly stronger public support than his main political challenger, Social Democrat (PSD) leader Sorin Grindeanu, according to a poll conducted by the Political Rating Agency for Digi24. Some 16.2% of respondents said they would prefer Bolojan as head of the executive, compared to just 4.7% backing Grindeanu &#8211; indicating [&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-9785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9785","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=9785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}