Italy: Views on Immigrants

Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

	Agree	Disagree	Not sure
Immigrants who play a role in the economic life of a city, after a number of years, must have the right to vote in municipal elections	79.2%	15.4%	5.4%
All immigrants should take a course in Italian and civic values before being regularized	80.2%	18.5%	1.3%
Italian citizenship should be revoked if an immigrant is found to not share our values or commits crimes	76.9%	17.7%	5.4%

Source: Arnaldo Ferrari Nasi
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 800 Italian adults, conducted on Dec. 9 to Dec. 15, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

Italians Trust Berlusconi

Do you have confidence in Silvio Berlusconi?

	Jan. 2009	Dec. 2008	Nov. 2008
Yes	56%	58%	58%
No	41%	40%	40%

Source: IPR Marketing / La Repubblica
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted from Jan. 16 to Jan. 17, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

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.

Berlusconi Remains Popular in Italy

Do you have confidence in Silvio Berlusconi?

	Dec. 2008	Nov. 2008	Oct. 2008
Yes	58%	58%	62%
No	40%	40%	36%

Source: IPR Marketing / La Repubblica
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted from Dec. 13 to Dec. 15, 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: Berlusconi Government Expecteed to Perform Well

How do you expect the government headed by Silvio Berlusconi to operate?

Well	52%
Neither well, not badly	23%
Badly	17%
Not sure	8%

Source: Ispo / Corriere della Sera
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 600 Italian adults, conducted on May 6, 2008. Margin of error is 4 per cent.

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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.

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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.

Italy Wants Weak US President

Who would you prefer to win the U.S. presidential election?

A Democratic Party candidate	58%
A Republican Party candidate	15%
Other / Not sure	27%

Source: Istituto Piepoli
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 502 Italian adults, conducted from Jan. 21 to Jan. 28, 2008. No margin of error was provided.

Italy: Conservatives Lead Leftists by 12 pts.

If a national election took place tomorrow, which list would you vote for?

Centre-Right	56%
Centre-Left	44%

Source: Istituto Demopolis
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,006 Italian adults, conducted from Jan. 25 to Jan. 28, 2008. Margin of error is 3.4 per cent.

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Italians Dislike Prodi's Government

How much confidence do you have in the government of Romano Prodi?

A lot of confidence	6.5%
Some confidence	19.8%
Little confidence	30.3%
No confidence at all	42.9%

Source: Arnaldo Ferrari Nasi / Il Giornale
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 650 Italian adults, conducted on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5, 2007. No margin of error was provided.

Italy: Conservative Opposition Favored in Election

Voting Intention - Chamber of Deputies

Opposition (Centre-Right)	53.8%
Italian People of Freedom Party (PdL)	33.2%
National Alliance (AN)	9.0%
Northern League (LN)	4.8%
Union of Christian and Centre-Democrats (UDC)	2.8%
Storace’s Right (La D di S)	3.0%
Other centre-right parties	1.0%
Union (Centre-Left)	45.7%
Democratic Party (PD)	30.0%
Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)	3.0%
Green Federation (Verdi)	3.0%
Party of Italian Communists (PCI)	1.0%
Democratic Left (SD)	1.0%
Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro)	3.0%
Popular Alliance (UDEUR)	1.0%
Italian Radicals (RI)	1.0%
Italian Socialist Party of Craxi (PSI-Craxi)	2.5%
Other centre-left	0.2%
Other parties	0.5%

Source: Ekma Ricerche Srl
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000 Italian adults, conducted on Nov. 19, 2007. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.

Italy: Conservatives Lead Leftists by 7.5 pts

Voting Intention - Chamber of Deputies

	Nov. 2007	Oct. 2007	Sept. 2007
House of Freedom (Centre-Right) Forwards Italy (Forza Italia) National Alliance (AN) Northern League (LN) Union of Christian and Centre-Democrats (UDC) Liberal Reformers (RL) Christian Democracy (DC) Storace’s Right (La D di S) Other centre-right	53.5%	49.4%	49.7%
Union (Centre-Left) Democratic Party (PD) The Rose in the First (RnP) Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) Green Federation (Verdi) Party of Italian Communists (PCI) Italy of Values (Lista di Pietro) Popular Alliance (UDEUR) Italian Socialist Party of Craxi (PSI-Craxi) Other centre-left	46.0%	46.5%	45.0%
Other parties	0.5%	1.3%	1.8%

Source: Ekma Ricerche Srl
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 800 Italian adults, conducted on Nov. 9 to Nov. 11, 2007. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent.