INSCOP: Ponta - president, Isarescu - prime minister, the winning tandem in the eyes of Romanian voters

A virtual electoral tandem Victor Ponta president, Mugur Isarescu prime minister has won the most positive appreciations in a recent INSCOP poll, with 28.4 per cent of the respondents having opted for it. Second came in the tandem Victor Ponta president George Maior - prime minister (23.5 per cent).

Other tandems were Victor Ponta — president, Mircea Geoana — prime minister (22.6 per cent), Crin Antonescu — president Klaus Iohannis — prime-minister (20.5 per cent), Ponta — president, Liviu Dragnea — prime-minister (16 per cent); Crin Antonescu — president , Victor Ponta, prime—minister (13.4 per cent), Emil Boc — president , Traian Basescu — prime-minister (11 per cent) and Crin Antonescu — president , Traian Basescu — prime-minister(10.6 per cent).

To a large extent, the respondents voiced negative opinions on the tandems they were asked about.

The Victor Ponta — president, Mugur Isarescu — prime minister won the least negative opinions as only 33.6 per cent of the respondents think low about it. The second least negative opinions went to the Crin Antonescu — president, Klaus Iohannis — prime-minister, on which 34 per cent of the respondents had a negative opinion. The third least negatively seen tandem was Victor Ponta — president, George Maior — prime-minister, with 35.7 per negative opinions.

Following in a decreasing order of favourability were the following tandems Victor Ponta — president, Mircea Geoana — prime-minister (39.7 per cent); Victor Ponta — president, Liviu Dragnea — prime-minister (42.4 per cent); Crin Antonescu — president, Victor Ponta — prime-minister (47.5 per cent); Crin Antonescu — president, Traian Basescu — prime-minister (56.9 per cent) and...