The Estonian Reform Party finds that the results of the recent poll carried out by TNS Emor do not reflect real life and people should not overestimate them.
Estonian Reform Party: results of poll do not reflect real life
25th January 2013, 18:10
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"The rating of the Reform Patry has been higher and lower during history. As a result I would not overestimate the recent rating figures," Martin Kukk, secretary general of the Reform Party, told BNS.
He said that the Reform Party was working in the name of practical solutions that would make the life of Estonian people better.
"Certainly, today's poll results do not reflect real life, because it is difficult to believe that the Estonian people would want the steep tax rises suggested by the Social Democrats or the progressive income tax propagated by the Center Party.
The Center Party became the most popular party in Estonia in January, it appears from the TNS Emor poll of nearly 900 respondents, the ERR news portal reported.
If the elections were to take place tomorrow, 28 percent of the electors would give their votes to the Center Party. The Center Party was the only parliamentary party that managed to increase its support by as much as four percentage points,.
The second party by popularityy was the Social Democratic Party with 27 percent and its rating fell by one percentage points during the month.
The rating of both the coalition parties fell by two percentage points in January. The Reform Party was supported by 20 percent of the electors in January and the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union by 16 percent of the respondents.
Of parties not represented in the parliament the Greens climbed to the electoral threshold of 5 percent. The Conservative People's Party, set up on the basis of the People's Union, was supported by two percent of the respondents.
Emor interviewed 899 election age citizens at the commission of the National Broadcasting Company, ERR. Emor only presents data of the electors who have a party preference. In January the percentage of unable to say respondents was 38 percent.