There is a wide gap in the approval ratings of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM, as well as their respective leaders, Hristijan Mickoski and Venko Filipche, according to the latest poll by MKD.mk, conducted by the agency Market Vision between September 11 and 27. When asked which political party they would vote for in the upcoming elections, 19.3 percent answered that they would vote for VMRO-DPMNE, 5.6 percent for SDSM, while the ratings for DUI and VLEN were tied at 4.2%. Forty-one percent of respondents stated that they would not vote; did not know if they would vote; or did not wish to answer the question.
Among respondents who have decided on a specific political party, 4 percent said they would vote for Levica, and 1 percent for the ZNAM Movement.
Regarding party leaders, VMRO-DPMNE‘s Hristijan Mickoski holds a significant lead in public trust (20.4%) over Venko Filipche, the leader of SDSM (3.8%).
As many as 44.1% of respondents have no confidence in any political party leader, while 12.5% declined to answer this question.
Public trust stands at 3.7% for Ali Ahmeti, 3.4% for Dimitar Apasiev, and 2.6% for Izet Mexhiti. The leaders of the new political party VLEN, Izet Mexhiti, Bilal Kasami, and Afrim Gashi, hold an advantage over the leader of the opposition party DUI.
A poll conducted in June also showed a convincing lead for VMRO-DPMNE and Mickoski ahead of the opposition SDSM.
The poll was conducted using the CATI method, telephone interviewing of a sample of 1,200 respondents (statistical margin of error: 3%; confidence interval: 95%).
The sample is representative at the national level regarding region, gender, age, and ethnicity, based on 2021 census data on the resident population.