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According to a survey conducted by Estonia’s Nosta company, more Estonian citizens surveyed over the weekend preferred Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur as the head of the new government than Climate Minister Kristin Michal. However, the candidate with the highest support is Isama Party Chairman Ulmas Reinsaru, who has three times more support than Reform Party politicians Michal and Pevkur.
According to the online poll commissioned by the Institute for Social Research and conducted by Norstat on June 27-28, 23% of respondents would like to see Pevkur as prime minister, while 18% would like to see Michal. However, 59% of respondents had no preference when choosing between the two.
The Reform Party board nominated Michal on Saturday as its candidate for prime minister, taking over the leadership of the government after Kaja Kallas, who was nominated by EU member state leaders as EU foreign policy chief last night and who pledged to resign by mid-July. Pevkur announced on Friday that he would not run for prime minister.
Among Reform Party supporters, Pevkur has a slightly higher approval rating than Michal: 40% of Reform Party supporters support him, while 38% support Michal.
Meanwhile, Reinsalu received the most support, with 24% of respondents wanting to see them as prime minister, but the names of Michal and Pevkur were also included.
Reinsalu was followed by Centre Party Chairman Mikhail Korvat (13%), Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE) Chairman Martin Helm (12%), Pevkur and Michal, both with 8%, Social Democratic Party (SDE) Chairman Lauri Läänemets and Right Leader Lavly Perling, both with 6%, and Estonia 200 Chairman and Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna with 2%. 23% of respondents were unable to state their preference.
Norstat also asked what the respondents would prefer if Michal and Pevkur faced off against the most popular candidate for prime minister, Reinsalu. The question was formulated as follows: “If you can only choose between two options, which of these two options is the best for Estonian prime minister?” 37% of respondents chose Reinsalu, 30% chose Hanno Pevkur, and 34% said “I can’t say”. If the choice was between Michal and Pevkur, 42% of respondents chose Reinsalu, 26% chose Michal, and 32% said “I can’t say”.
In addition to the prime ministerial candidates, respondents were also asked about their views on car taxation. To this question, 74% of people answered that they did not support or were more opposed to the introduction of a motorcycle tax, 21% answered that they would rather support or support it, and 5% could not say.
99% of EKRE supporters, 93% of Isamaa supporters, 91% of Centre Party supporters, 62% of Right Party supporters, 60% of Estonia 200 supporters and 54% of Social Democratic Party supporters are against car tax. 67% of Reform Party supporters are in favor of car tax, 28% are against it.
Norstat’s survey was conducted on June 27-28 in an online environment among Estonian citizens aged 18 and over, with a total of 1,010 respondents participating.
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