The Stata polling agency said on Tuesday that 44 percent of the Serbian electorate would vote for the ruling coalition (led by SNS) with 38 percent voting for the parties organizing the anti-violence protests.
According to the Stata poll, 11 percent would vote for the parties calling themselves the statehood opposition and 7 percent are undecided.
The poll showed that the ruling SNS party would win 36.3 percent of the vote followed by the opposition Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) with 9.8 percent and the ruling coalition’s Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) winning 7.3 percent of the vote. Other parties would win between 5.5 percent and 3.1 percent of the vote. The current threshold to win seats in parliament is 3 percent of the vote with unofficial reports saying that the authorities are considering raining the threshold.
Stata said that 48 percent of the polled said they support the calling of elections in the next few months with 26 percent opposed. The poll also showed that 58 percent want city elections called in Belgrade.
The survival of the current government “in favour of the peace and stability of the country” is supported by 36 percent of respondents, 48.5 percent are in favour of changes, and 16 percent have no opinion on it.
44 percent of respondents support the Serbia against Violence protests, 39 percent are against it, and 17 percent are undecided.
As far as the most prevalent news source among general population goes, Stata said that 84 percent of the polled said they get their news from N1 and Nova S while up to 26 percent watch the Serbian state TV (Radio and Television of Serbia).
(Al-Jazeera Balkans, 20.09.2023)