A city that wants to change. A vote that will certainly have enormous national significance. A poll that created growing anxiety among Democrats. A statistical survey carried out by EMG, carried out for Italia Viva, came like a bolt from the blue, highlighting how the gap between moderates and progressives in Florence is narrowing. 66% of residents are aware that elections will take place in June; a number to which we add another 22% who answered “probably yes”.
Yet another demonstration that, on the banks of the Arno, there is great expectation to designate Dario Nardella’s heir. Sara Funaro (exponent center left) is calibrated at 40% dry. With 32% is the former director of the Uffizi Gallery, Eike Schmidt, who will run for the center right. This is a truly sensational fact. Not only because of the distance between the two, of just eight points, but above all because the German art historian has not yet been officially presented (his candidacy celebration will be held on April 6). With an intelligent electoral campaign, this difference could reduce by at least two or three percentage points. Going to the polls (as certain as the sunrise and sunset the next day) with a distance of less than five points would open up scenarios unimaginable even six months ago.
In third place is Renzian Stefania Saccardi herself, with an encouraging 17.5%. Behind him Dmitrij Palagi, from the radical left, with 7%; the group ends with the candidate, still unknown, from the group that will be headed by rector Tomaso Montanari. Among the parties, the Democratic Party leads with a disappointing 25.5%, followed by Fratelli d’Italia (16%) and Italia Viva (10.5%).
Source: IL Tempo
Emma Fitzgerald is an accomplished political journalist and author at The Nation View. With a background in political science and international relations, she has a deep understanding of the political landscape and the forces that shape it.
