That's how Nikola Damjanić from the Ninamedia agency summarized the results of the public opinion research, conducted in the framework of the »An alternative counts« project. The telephone survey included 700 randomly picked respondents between the 13th and 15th of May.
Zver in the lead, Šoltes ahead of Lukšič
12,6 percent of the respondents would vote for Milan Zver or the SDS Democrats. Lojze Peterle from the NSi-SLS list would get 11,2 percent. Coming in third is Igor Šoltes who tops the »I Beleive« list and is, according to Mr. Damjanić, the only one who has managed to radically increase his support to 10,6 percent.
In fourth place is Jelko Kacin who tops his »Concrete« list with a support of 7,8 percent. The SD Social Democrats and Igor Lukšič are way back in fifth with 5,6 percent. Zmago Jelinčič's SNS is in sixth with 4,5 percent support, while Positive Slovenia and Jože Mencinger are in seventh with 3,7 percent support.
Support has also risen for Violeta Tomič's »United Left« which now stands at 3,6 percent. However only those that break the magic barrier of 9 percent will win a mandate in the European Parliament.
The newcomers without any chance
Mr. Damjanić from Ninamedia adds that surprises shouldn't be expected from those who have under 5 percent support. According to the survey the Pensioner's Party DeSUS, the Civic List, Solidarity, the United Left, the Pirate Party, the Greens, Uroš Uršič's Dream Job list, Zares and the Slovene Nation with Bogomil Knavs are without any chances of crossing the EU threshold. The forecast for the parliamentary elections is similar: "There are more votes going to the left, but because they're broken up into so many little pieces, those votes don’t count for much," says Damjanić.
More than 30 % say they will not vote
The public opinion surveys by Ninamedia and the Slovenian Pulse indicate that a large number of voters, more than 30 percent, will not head to the polls or still aren’t sure who to vote for. Regarding voter turnout the Slovenian Pulse survey says it will be at 44 percent, while the Ninamedia agency is convinced that the turnout won't exceed 30 percent.
Saša Banjanac Lubej, MMC;
translated by K. J.
