The story of 2017 so far in Portuguese polling has been the slow widening of the ruling Socialists’ (PS) lead over the opposition Social Democrats (PSD). The monthly gains have been small in themselves, but as the chart below shows, they have contributed to an extension of the advantage from seven to twelve points in […]
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Economy keeps Portugal’s Costa riding high
Portugal’s remarkable polling stability continued in May, according to this weekend’s surveys from pollsters Aximage and Eurosondagem – with the biggest movement of any party across both polls being a mere 0.6 per cent. That will suit Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa (PS) who continues to enjoy a commanding lead over his Social Democrat rivals, […]
Record ratings for Portugal’s Costa
It can hardly get any better for Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa. His Socialist Party (SP) leads in this weekend’s twin monthly polls by 10 and 17 percentage points, closing on an overall majority of voting intentions once undecided electors and ‘blank’ votes are excluded. Perhaps even more significantly, his own personal ratings have hit […]
PS maintains handsome lead in Portugal
Both Portugal’s regular pollsters, Eurosondagem and Aximage, released their March data yesterday, and the picture the twin surveys present is very similar; and very stable compared with February’s numbers. The only real distinction between the two polls lies in the scale of the public opinion lead held by ruling Socialist Party (Partido Socialista, PS) over […]
Portuguese Socialists enjoy poll supremacy
The February reports from Aximage and Eurosondagem, Portugal’s two polling organisations, have been released, showing the governing Socialist Party (PS) continuing with a clear lead over the opposition Social Democrats (PSD). There is quite a difference between the two polls, with a PS lead of 15.6 points according to Aximage, compared to ‘only’ 8.6 with […]