Market Links: Protest Vote May Shift Electoral Trends in Bulgaria

A week before the regular parliamentary elections, the distance between the main political players is maintained. GERB takes the lead, in second place are BSP and third are There is Such a People of Slavi Trifonov.

This shows a survey funded and implemented jointly by bTV and Market Links, conducted among 1,026 people over 18 in the period 18-25 March through face-to-face interview and online poll.

Democratic Bulgaria, Stand up! Thugs out! also have a chance to hurdle over the four-percent barrier and enter parliament. The VMRO are marginal.

According to the survey GERB garner 18.4% support of all respondents, and their credit rating among those who said they would vote is 22.8%. BSP garner 15.7% and of the people who will vote 18.1% the trust them. For the There Is Such a People 11.7% will vote, and of those who have declared that they will go to the polls - 12.7%.

8.2% of respondents will vote for MRF, and 9.0% of those who said they would vote support the Movement.
For Democratic Bulgaria 5.1% have declared their support and of those who will vote - 7.5%.
Stand up.BG have the support of 4.0%, but among people who said they would go to the polls it is 4.5%. According to the survey, the VMRO would win 2.7% and among those who said they would vote - 3.3%.

According to sociologists, the protest vote is expected to have an impact and reverse preliminary trends. The polling agency said it was unsustainable and could boost the performance of non-parliamentary opposition forces.

31% of those questioned were for postponing the regular parliamentary elections scheduled for April 4, 2021. 48% disagree with postponing the election, while 21% cannot say for sure.

The sociologist and manager of "Market Links"...