The Janez Jansa government has taken its turn in office with high 69.2 percent support of the public, shows the regular monthly opinion poll of the daily Dnevnik. The new MPs also enjoy high public support, while policies of the new government are not favoured by 20 percent of respondents.
According to Monday's Dnevnik, strong support among the public is a common phenomenon at the beginning of any new government's term. In December 2000, when the cabinet was formed by Janez Drnovsek after the landslide victory of his Liberal Democrats (LDS), the government was supported by 75 percent of those polled.
It is also common that the average December evaluation of the parliament (3.08) is usually high at the beginning of the term, while it has always been low at the end (around 2.5) on the 1 to 5 scale.
December's party approval rating is similar to that of the previous two post-election surveys (October, November): the winning centre-right Slovenian Democrats (SDS) remain the party with by far the highest support (37.3 percent), followed by the centre-left LDS with a three times lesser portion (13.8 percent).
The left-leaning opposition United List of Social Democrats (ZLSD) would now be voted for by 8.1 percent of the voters. Interestingly, the rest of the parties would not get even that much if elections were held next Sunday.
The public opinion poll was carried out by telephone by Dnevnik in cooperation with the Ninamedia agency on 20 and 21 December. 3,442 random numbers were called, out of which 700 people took part in the survey.
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