[Trending News] AD and Montenegro Chamuscados with the political crisis: first poll indicates technical draw with the PS

AD is in loss in the first poll after the beginning of the political crisis, having descended about 2 percentage points in just one week, and approaching the PS. Now records 33.5% of voting intentions, which contrast with the 35.6% in the first week. The PS rises to 28.8%, which is considered a technical draw.

This opinion study was conducted for two weeks since the beginning of the crisis. As explained by TSF, Between the first and second polls, Luís Montenegro made statements in São Bento, the Communist Party filed a motion of censorship and the prime minister announced that he would advance with a motion of trust.

Pythagorean poll (made for TSF-JN-TVI-CNN Portugal) signals this troubled period, with an approximation between the two parties. AD and PS register the smallest difference from each other since the study was started, according to TVI.

AD harvest 33.5% of falling voting intentions, and the PS rises 1.6 percentage points compared to the previous week's results, to 28.8%.

Although AD remains ahead, there is a technical draw between the two largest parties, ie the difference falls within the margin of error of this probing (+/- 4.0%). In a week only, the distance between PS and AD went from 8.4 percentage points to 4.7 percentage points.

The image of Prime Minister is also falling: it goes from 52% positive appreciations to only 47%. Negatives rise 8 percentage points to 46%. Pedro Nuno Santos does not capitalize with the crisis, maintaining the same distribution of opinions: 35% gives him a good or very good grade, 57% gives negative grade, according to CNN.

Arrives with greater retreat

Between the two weeks, The arrival is the party that descends the most, from 17.4% to 13.5%, With André Ventura also losing support, rising unfavorable opinions (75% to 77%) and lowering favorable (22% to 19%).

IL rises from 5.1% to 6.7%; The CDU, fifth, descended from 3.6% to 3%. Free fell to seventh place, with 2.4%, having gathered 4.8% of voting intentions the previous week. The left block, in sixth place, rises to 2.9%. The PAN also has a slight climb to 1.9%.

Two polls were held: the first poll refers to the period from 23 to 27 February, and the second was made between March 3 and 6, after the communication of Luís Montenegro to the country. In the first poll, the sample collected was 400 interviews, in the second were 625 interviews, according to the technical file released by TVI, CNN Portugal, TSF, JN and the game.