STA, 26 April 2021 - The government approval rating has hit the lowest level since it took office in March 2020, the most recent Mediana poll shows. While 29.6% of the respondents said they supported the government, as many as 60.9% said the opposite.
Meanwhile, the National Assembly's approval rating is even worse, as 19.7% of the respondents said they supported the Parliament's work and as many as 66.9% were not supportive of its work.
Nevertheless, the senior coalition Democrats (SDS) continue to top the party rankings with 17.6%, a percentage point less than in March.
In second place, the Social Democrats (SD) have shed 0.1 percentage point over March and would get 10.8% of the vote. Support for the Marjan Šarec List (LMŠ) is also down, dropping 1.1 percentage point to 8.5%.
The Left is in place four with 7.9%, a drop of 0.4 percentage points over March, followed by New Slovenia (NSi) with 5.1%, an increase of 0.5 percentage point.
The Alenka Bratušek Party (SAB) saw its support decrease by 1.5 percentage points to 4.3%. Of other parliamentary parties, the National Party (SNS) is at 1.4%, while the Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) saw its support dwindle to 1.1%.
More than 21% of 714 respondents in the poll said they were undecided, while 11.1% said they would not vote for any of the existing options.
The poll shows Health Minister Janez Poklukar topping the politicians' approval rating, followed by President Borut Pahor, who took over MEP Ljudmila Novak, now in place three.
