Survey: Two in three Romanians believe scrapping presidential elections was a bad decision
<p>The decision of the <a href="https://www.romania-insider.com/ccr-annuls-presidential-elections-romania-december-2024" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) to annul the presidential elections</a> is considered by most respondents (28%) as the most important event of the year 2024 in Romania, according to an IRES telephone survey.&nbsp;</p>

<p>CCR's decision to cancel the first round of the presidential elections is considered good by just over a third (35%) of survey participants, while 62% of respondents believe it was a bad decision.</p>

<p>When asked what their voting option would have been for the second round of the presidential elections, if the first round had not been canceled by the CCR, 7% of those surveyed said they would not have voted, 5% said they would have canceled their vote or cast a blank ballot, and one in 10 respondents do not know what they would have done or do not answer. Another 29% would have voted for Elena Laconi, the USR candidate, while 48% would have voted for independent candidate Călin Georgescu.</p>

<p>The survey was conducted by telephone between December 17 and 20, 2024, and the sample size was 964 respondents.</p>

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<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com</em></p>