Tag: polls
Macedonia 22.08.23 | 14:00

All opinion polls found a double lead of VMRO-DPMNE over SDSM

All opinion polls conducted in the past few months show a double lead of VMRO-DPMNE over its direct opponent, SDSM. The results of these polls are available to both, the ruling parties and the opposition, as well as to several embassies in the country. In one of the polls, VMRO-DPMNE scored 24% support,...

Macedonia 26.07.23 | 08:15

Mickoski: The last poll reveals more than double lead of VMRO-DPMNE over SDSM

VMRO-DPMNE conducts monthly public opinion polls, one face-to-face, and one by phone. The last poll we did for the first time showed more than double the lead over SDSM. The last numbers, referring to June,  show 24% support for VMRO-DPMNE, as opposed to 11% for SDSM. That is a huge trust from the citizens...

Macedonia 08.04.22 | 00:06

Mickoski: Citizens favor our local candidates 2:1 ahead of SDSM

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that the party is planning its activities, especially in the local administration where it managers the key cities and 50 municipalities, based on polls. We have our candidates ahead of their SDSM rivals, leading 2:1, Mickoski said in an Alsat TV interview....

Macedonia 07.07.20 | 18:40

Confusion over the Brima Gallup poll, large percentage of undecideds expected to favor the opposition

A week ahead of the elections, the polls are divided as to where the main parties stand. Two American polls gave showed different parties ahead – a poll by the McLaughlin associates, ordered by VMRO-DPMNE, showed the conservatie party comfortably ahead, but a poll provided by NDI, a group that...

Macedonia 03.03.20 | 20:07

Even receiving the EU date may not be enough to save SDSM, pollster says

As the election day draws closer, and new corruption scandals are revealed daily, the ruling SDSM party is setting all its hopes on the expected opening of EU accession talks. The socialists hope it will boost their chances at the polls and will remove one of the main objections the citizens have –...

Macedonia 24.12.19 | 15:15

VMRO-DPMNE ahead of SDSM with 7-10 MPs

The latest poll in which VMRO-DPMNE has a significant advantage over SDSM is a realistic picture of developments in Macedonia recently and the disappointment felt by citizens. This is the position of the experts following the survey conducted by Market Vision for “MKD.mk” in the period between...

Macedonia 11.12.19 | 17:39

Misajlovski: VMRO-DPMNE’s advantage over SDSM is much higher than 4%

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Vlado Misajlovski was a guest on TV Kanal 5. He talked about the IPIS poll which showed that VMRO-DPMNE enjoys more confidence among citizens than SDSM and commented on the government’s statements that these polls were irrelevant. Citizens will say on April 12 who will...

Macedonia 12.11.19 | 20:59

Frckoski sees SDSM losing the elections, says the party is in a bad mood

Ljubomir Frckoski, the controversial former Interior Minister who was also the SDSM party presidential candidate in 2009, predicts that his party will lose the April 2020 general elections. In a TV interview, Frckoski conceded that the mood in SDSM is bad and that the party is trailing in the polls behind...

Macedonia 01.10.19 | 15:16

Janusev: Polls show that Mickoski is leading VMRO in the right direction, ahead of Zaev and SDSM

VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev pointed to the recent polls showing that the opposition party is well ahead of the ruling SDSM party and announced that a change at the helm is a matter of months. Janusev said that the major racketeering scandals caused by the Zaev Government are clearly taking...

Macedonia 03.07.19 | 21:24

VMRO leads SDSM with a margin of 70 to 100 thousand votes, Mickoski says

If elections are held tomorrow, VMRO-DPMNE will beat SDSM with a margin between 70 and 100 thousand votes, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski during his interview with Alfa TV. Recent polls showed VMRO ahead of SDSM, with a dominant lead among ethnic Macedonian voters. I’ve seen hundreds...

Macedonia 29.06.19 | 17:12

SDSM and Zaev treat their frustrations from the latest drop in polls with politically driven arrests and defocusing with the Pride Parade

SDSM members are aware, and Zaev also knows that, despite all the support from the international community, as well as the power that the government provides, VMRO-DPMNE, led by Hristijan Mickoski, has a higher rating than SDSM and Zoran Zaev at the moment. Former senior SDSM official, MP and journalist...

Macedonia 28.06.19 | 14:29

New politically driven arrests correspond with Zaev’s latest drop in the polls

A new poll published by the M-Prospekt agency, reveals that VMRO-DPMNE is expanding its lead over SDSM. If elections were held tomorrow, the opposition party would win 25 percent of the vote, against 23 percent of SDSM, the poll showed. The agency broke the results down by ethnicity and it showed that,...

Macedonia 05.02.19 | 21:32

As SDSM slides in the polls, its leadership considers whether to cut their losses and accept the challenge of early general elections

Alfa TV reports that recent internal public opinion polls show that the ruling SDSM party is rapidly losing support, especially among ethnic Macedonians. According to the TV station, this has prompted SDSM officials to consider whether accepting the challenge from VMRO-DPMNE and having early general...

Macedonia 04.02.19 | 14:14

Eftov: VMRO has a major lead among ethnic Macedonians, leads SDSM in overall votes as well

Journalist Vasko Eftov claims that a poll conducted in January shows that VMRO-DPMNE has a now overwhelming advantage over SDSM among ethnic Macedonian voters but leads overall, when accounting for votes from ethnic minorities. When polling all voters, Macedonians, Albanians, Roma, Turks.., VMRO-DPMNE...