Alpha Research on Bulgarian Elections: “We Continue the Change” could be Second in Power

About 47% - 48% of people with the right to vote in the country say they will vote on November 14. About a quarter more are hesitant to go to the polls.

This is shown by the data from a survey of "Alpha Research", conducted from November 7 to 9 among 1,017 adult citizens and financed with own funds.

The mutual influence and overlap between the presidential and parliamentary campaigns - combined with the accompanying scandals, health and socio-economic crises - return voters' interest in the battle for parliament. At the beginning of the campaign, as usual, the majority presidential vote focused more attention than the party race. Three weeks later, however, those who decided to support the party list exceeded the participants in the presidential election by about 2 points, sociologists commented.

Electoral attitudes to the parliamentary vote

GERB-SDS retains its leading position with the support of 24.1% of those who firmly decided to vote, increasing the distance to their direct opponents. The former rulers managed to regain some of the voters who withdrew in July in the capital and major cities. Their advantage is complemented by the dynamic exchange of sympathizers between the protest formations, which does not allow any of them to stand out as the undisputed carrier of change.

The second position remains the most contested. In direct competition for it and with variable success during the campaign are "We Continue the Change" and BSP. One week before the vote, the support for the formation around the former caretaker ministers Kiril Petkov and Asen Vassilev is in a high plateau of 16.5% and slightly prevails over that for the Socialists (16.0%). The outcome of this battle will be decided not only by...