Survey: The Bulgarian President has the Highest Personal Rating, Little Trust for the New Cabinet

If the elections in Bulgaria were held in early July this year, GERB-SDS would receive 26.4% support, and WCC-DB 21.8%. "Vazrazhdane" and DPS would have almost similar positions, 14.9% and 14.5%, respectively. BSP remains in fifth place with 9.7%. "There Is Such a People" with 4.3%. "Bulgarian Rise" would receive 2%. This is shown by the data of "Gallup International Balkan". Among the other parties and coalitions, "Levitsata", IMRO and others stand out. Only in the future will the influence of Ivan Geshev's new political formation become more apparent.

The study was conducted between June 29 and July 9, 2023 among 809 people using the face-to-face tablet method. The sample is representative of the adult population of the country. The maximum standard deviation is ±3.5% for the 50 percent shares. 1% of the entire sample is equal to about 54 thousand people.

Comparisons of who wins and who loses in electoral terms from the shaky coalition between GERB-SDS and WCC-DB make it possible to conclude that GERB does not show any visible damage so far. As for the "We Continue the Change" and "Democratic Bulgaria" ratio, it remains at a level of about 3 to 1 declarative support, according to "Gallup International Bolkan".

Reluctance for early elections is the reason for the current tolerance for the new government. However, it begins in practice without the credit of trust usual for such cases, according to the agency. The government started without the usual starting credit of trust and after a month of work reported 16.6% trust among Bulgarians of legal age and 69.7% mistrust.

After three months of work, confidence in the parliament is 15.3%, and distrust is 77.1%. Such a share of public trust is within the norm in Bulgaria and there was a...