President Klaus Iohannis is the politician with the highest notoriety among Romanians, followed by Gabriela Firea, and in third place is Diana Şoşoacă, ahead of Mircea Geoană, Marcel Ciolacu, Nicolae Ciucă, George Simion and Laura Codruţa Kovesi, according to data from a survey conducted by INSCOP at the request of News.ro, Hotnews reports .
According to INSCOP Research director Remus Ştefureac, Diana Şoşoacă’s notoriety shows the ability of ultra-radical messages to go viral, but he specified that high notoriety does not automatically mean a high level of trust.
The head of state is followed by Gabriela Firea with a notoriety of 94%, Diana Şoşoacă with 93.5%, Mircea Geoană with 93.3% and Marcel Ciolacu with 92.5%.
87.7% of those interviewed say they have heard of Liberal leader Nicolae Ciucă, 84.9% of AUR leader George Simion and 80.7% of former DNA chief Laura Codruţa Kovesi. Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu enjoys a notoriety of 72.9%, while Interior Minister Cătălin Predoiu has a notoriety of 55.7%.
Less than half of the respondents (41.1%) say they had heard of Elena Lasconi at the time of data collection, namely before the scandal caused by her statement regarding the vote in the referendum on the traditional family.
„The notoriety of political leaders is the first relevant indicator for assessing a political leader’s ability to run for election. The ranking of President Klaus Iohannis in first place, with 99% of respondents declaring that they have heard of the Romanian president, is not a surprise. The second place of Gabriela Firea, the former mayor general and an active personality in the public space for the last twenty-five years, is not surprising either. On the other hand, the fact that 93.5% of respondents declare that they have heard of Diana Şoşoacă shows the capacity for ultra-radical messages to go viral. However, high notoriety does not automatically mean a high level of trust. On the other hand, medium or low notoriety, beyond the implicit disadvantage, also offers the opportunity to build long-term favorability,” says Remus Stefureac, director of INSCOP Research.
- The opinion poll was conducted by INSCOP Research at the request of News.ro. The data were collected between October 23 and November 2, using the CATI method (telephone interviews), using a questionnaire. The volume of the simple, stratified sample is 1,100 people, representative of significant sociodemographic categories (sex, age, occupation) for the non-institutionalized population of Romania, aged 18 and over. The maximum allowed error of the data is ± 3%, at a confidence level of 95%.