Poll: Who would Bessarabians with Romanian citizenship vote for in the presidential elections in Romania

Mircea Geoană, the current deputy general secretary of NATO, would win the largest number of votes of Moldovans from the Republic of Moldova who also hold Romanian citizenship, according to a new survey conducted by the company iData and cited by Deschide.md.

Geoana would be supported by 15% of Moldovans with Romanian citizenship, being followed, at a considerable distance, by the mayor of sector 5, Cristian Popescu Piedone, with 6.1%. The third in the list of preferences is the former prime minister Dacian Cioloș, who would collect 5.5% of the votes.

According to the cited source, the survey was conducted between April 22-26 on a sample of 1006 respondents. The margin of error is plus/minus 3%.

Thus, the top preferences of Moldovans with Romanian citizenship would be:

• Mircea Geoana – 15%
• Cristian Popescu Walking – 6.1%
• Dacian Cioloș – 5.5%
• Diana Sosoacă – 4.8%
• Nicolae Ciucă – 3.4%
• Marcel Ciolacu – 3.1%
• George Simion – 2.4%
• Dan Barna – 1.4%
• Hunor Kelemen – 1%
• Cătălin Drula – 0.7%
• None of the above – 15%
• Don’t know/Don’t answer – 41.6%

Editor: Adrian Dumitru

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