According to the latest Baltic Surveys opinion poll commissioned by LRT, one in five Lithuanians think that things in the country are improving. Twenty-one percent of respondents said so in June, down from 22 percent in a similar poll in May. The percentage of those who thought that the situation in the country was getting worse decreased to 69 percent, from 76 percent in May.
The respondents were also asked about their trust in various institutions. According to the latest poll, the Armed Forces remain the most trusted institution in Lithuania, with 76 percent of respondents having confidence in them, followed by the police in second place with 71 percent and the Church at number three with 66 percent.
The president’s institution was trusted by 66 percent of the respondents, the state social insurance fund Sodra by 65 percent, municipalities by 58 percent, and the national media by 50 percent. The least trusted institutions were the judiciary for 49 percent of the respondents, the government for 66 percent and the parliament for 76 percent.
As for political parties, another survey conducted at the end of June showed that if a parliamentary election were called, a majority of respondents would vote for the Social Democrats.
The popularity of politicians past and present was also rated, with former president Valdas Adamkus given a positive rating by 82% of respondents, current President Gitanas Nausėda – 71%, Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas – 63%, former president Dalia Grybauskaitė – 63% and leader of the opposition – Social Democrats Vilija Blinkevičiūtė – 59%. Least favoured were Foreign Affairs Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, with negative ratings from 81% of respondents, first president of newly independent Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis (77%), Freedom Party leader Aušrinė Armonaitė (76%), and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė (71%).
Baltic Surveys Ltd. is the primary public opinion and market research company in Lithuania, founded in 1992. It is a Gallup Organization Worldwide member, conducting a Gallup World Poll in the Baltic countries every year since 2006.
