Italy: Conservatives Lead by 10

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If the national political election for the Chamber of Deputies were held today, which party would you vote for?

Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL) / Northern League (LN) / Movement for Autonomy (MPA)	46.8%
Democratic Party (PD) / Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)	36.8%
Union of the Centre	5.6%
Left Rainbow (SA)	4.3%
Other parties	5.2%

Source: Demos&Pi
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,536 Italian adults, conducted from Dec. 15 to Dec. 19, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Italy: Conservatives Remain Most Popular Party

If a new election to the Chamber of Deputies took place, which party would you vote for?

Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL) / Northern League (LN) / Movement for Autonomy (MPA)	51%
Democratic Party (PD) / Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)	38%
Union of the Centre	5%
Left Rainbow (SA)	3%
The Right (La Destra) / Tricoloured Flame (FT)	1.5%
Other parties	1.5%

Source: Istituto Piepoli / L’Espresso
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 500 Italian adults, conducted on Jul. 7, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Italy: Conservatives Continue to Lead

If the election were held today, which party would you vote for?

	Mar. 20	Mar. 11
Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL)	38.1%	37.9%
Democratic Party (PD)	33.3%	33.2%
Left Rainbow (SA)	7.5%	7.7%
Union of the Centre	6.3%	6.1%
Northern League (LN)	5.5%	5.6%
Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)	3.5%	3.7%
The Right (La Destra)	2.0%	2.0%
Socialist Party (PS)	1.3%	1.4%
Movement for Autonomy (MPA)	0.5%	0.4%
Other parties	2.0%	2.0%

Source: Dinamiche
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 2,000 Italian adults, conducted on Mar. 19 and Mar. 20, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Italy: Leftists Behind Conservative PdL

If the election were held today, which party would you vote for?

Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL)	37.7%
Democratic Party (PD)	31.3%
Left Rainbow (SA)	10.2%
Union of the Centre	6.8%
Northern League (LN) and Movement for Autonomy (MPA)	4.6%
Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)	2.3%
The Right (La Destra)	0.6%
Other parties	6.5%

Source: Demoskopea / Sky TG24
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,004 Italian adults, conducted from Mar. 13 to Mar. 17, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Italy: Conservatives Hold Small Lead

If the election were held today, which party would you vote for?

Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL)	37.9%
Democratic Party (PD)	33.2%
Left Rainbow (SA)	7.7%
Union of the Centre	6.1%
Northern League (LN)	5.6%
Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)	3.7%
The Right (La Destra)	2.0%
Socialist Party (PS)	1.4%
Movement for Autonomy (MPA)	0.4%
Other parties	2.0%

Source: Dinamiche
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted from Mar. 7 to Mar. 11, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Italy: Conservatives Lead by 6

If the election were held today, which party would you vote for?

Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL)	38.5%
Democratic Party (PD)	32.5%
Left Rainbow (SA)	7.5%
Union of the Centre	7.0%
Northern League (LN)	4.5%
Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)	4.0%
The Right (La Destra)	2.5%
Socialist Party (PS)	1.5%
Movement for Autonomy (MPA)	0.5%
Communist Workers Party (PCL)	0.5%
Democratic Union for Consumers (UDPIC)	0.5%
Critical Left (SC)	0.2%
Communist Alternative (AC)	0.1%

Source: IPR Marketing / La Repubblica
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted on Mar. 6 and Mar. 7, 2008. Margin of error is 2.4 per cent.

Italy: Conservatives Break Through 40% Mark

If the election were held today, which party would you vote for?

Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL)	41.1%
Democratic Party (PD)	33.4%
Left Rainbow (SA)	7.1%
Union of the Centre	7.0%
Northern League (LN)	4.6%
Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)	3.3%
The Right (La Destra)	1.5%
Socialist Party (PS)	1.4%
Communist Workers Party (PCL)	0.3%
Movement for Autonomy (MPA)	0.2%
List for Life (Prolife)	0.1%

Source: Digis
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted on Mar. 8 and Mar. 9, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Conservatives Set to Win Back Italy

If the election were held today, which party would you vote for?

Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL)	37.0%
Democratic Party (PD)	33.0%
Left Rainbow (SA)	7.0%
Union of the Centre	7.0%
Northern League (LN)	6.5%
Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)	3.5%
The Right (La Destra)	1.5%
Movement for Autonomy (MPA)	1.5%
Socialist Party (PS)	1.0%
Communist Workers Party (PCL)	0.5%
List for Life (Prolife)	0.2%

Source: SWG
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,600 Italian adults, conducted on Mar. 6, 2008. Margin of error is 2.4 per cent.