STA, 29 March 2021 - The Janez Janša government enjoys support of 31.1% of those polled in the latest poll Mediana carried out for private broadcaster POP TV. This is the lowest in a POP TV poll since the government took office over a year ago and down from 36% in the previous poll, the only time when its approval rating improved.
Over 57% of those polled do not support the government, whereas 11.3% are undecided.
The ruling Democrats (SDS) remain in the lead with 18.7% support, up 0.5 percentage points, followed by the opposition Social Democrats (SD) with 10.9%, down from 11%, and the Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ) with 9.6%, up 1.7 points.
If elections were held last Sunday, 8.3% would vote for the opposition Left and 4.6% for the coalition New Slovenia (NSi).
All the other parliamentary parties enjoy support of less than 4%, with the opposition Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) and the coalition Modern Centre Party (SMC) doing the worst among them, as both received less than 1.5% support.
A total of 16.5% of the respondents were undecided, whereas 11.9% would not vote for any of the parties.
The most popular politician is Health Minister Janez Poklukar, who appeared in POP TV's poll for the first time.
NSi's MEP Ljudmila Novak (EPP) placed second, overtaking President Borut Pahor, who is now third.
NSi leader and Defence Minister Matej Tonin lost his third place to end up ninth, while Prime Minister Janša slipped from 14th to 16th.
The respondents were also asked about their interest in Covid-19 vaccination, with over 45% saying they intended to get vaccinated.
A third of a total of 713 polled persons will not get vaccinated, almost 13% are still undecided, and around 9% have already been vaccinated.
A fifth assessed Slovenia's vaccination campaign as successful, whereas 38.1% believe the country is neither successful nor unsuccessful.
A total of 35.6% meanwhile believe it is unsuccessful, of whom almost 33% blame it on the government's inappropriate response, almost 21% believe the vaccines are not adequately checked, over 11% blame it on the producers' low production capacities and 8% cited low trust in vaccination.
