Title: Perception of parties, political leaders, candidate messages and issues in Sector 2
Abstract: The study aimed to measure the opinion of citizens from Sector 2 of Bucharest Municipality towards political parties, political leaders and possible slogans in the electoral campaign for the local elections. Two focus groups were conducted, attended by 28 people, 16 women and 12 men, who reside in the areas where PNL obtained the lowest scores in the 2020 local elections; half of the participants are undecided who to vote for. Average age: 46.8 years. The following were measured: the direction in which things are going in Sector 2 and in the country, the good and bad things done by political parties and some political leaders, expectations from the presidential, parliamentary and local elections, the evaluation of the speeches of some politicians, voting intentions.
Keywords: presidential elections; trust in political leaders; voting intentions.
