More than half of Romanians believe that Nicusor Dan will be a president who is more involved in public life, according to the Informat.ro - INSCOP Research Barometer conducted between May 26-30.According to the sociological research, 56.4% of Romanians believe that Nicusor Dan will be a president who is more involved in public life, while 36.7% expect him to be a president who is more absent, while 6.8% do not know or do not answer this question.Most people who believe that Nicusor Dan will be a rather involved president in public life are voters of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - 77%, the National Liberal Party (PNL) - 91% and Save Romania Union (USR) - 92%, people over 60 - 68%, with higher education - 80% and urban dwellers - over 63%.At the same time, the barometer shows that only 16% of voters of the Alliance for the Union of Romania (AUR) believe that Nicusor Dan will be an involved president, the majority of them - 77% - being of the opinion that he will be rather an absent president. Those who have this opinion are people under 45 - 45%, with a primary education - 56%, rural dwellers - 46% and Tik-Tok users - 48%.The barometer also reveals that 61.7% of Romanians believe that Nicusor Dan will be a president who will rather mediate, who will seek consensus, while 28.3% believe that the new president will rather seek conflict, and 9.9% don't know or don't answer.Those who believe that Nicusor Dan will be a mediating president, who will seek consensus are PSD - 85%, PNL - 94%, USR - 97% voters, people over 60 - 72%, those with higher education - 85% and urban dwellers - over 69%, state employees - 66%.Only 20% of AUR voters think that Nicusor Dan will be a president who will mediate, and 63% believe that he will seek conflict. Those with this opinion are mostly people under 45 - 40%, those with primary education - 49%, rural dwellers - 36% and Tik-Tok users - 39%.The Informat.ro - INSCOP Research Barometer is a monthly opinion poll conducted by INSCOP Research commissioned by the news platform Informat.ro in partnership with the think-tank Strategic Thinking Group.The data was collected between 26 - 30 May 2025 using the CATI method (telephone interviews), the simple, stratified sample volume being 1,150 persons, representative of the significant socio-demographic categories (sex, age, occupation) for the non-institutionalized population of Romania, aged 18 years and over. The maximum allowed error of the data is plus/minus 2.9%, at a 95% confidence level.
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