Popular Support
The electoral results of the Democrats of the Left (Democratic Party of the Left until 1998) in the 10 most populated Regions of Italy are shown in the table below. The result for the 2006 general election refers to the election for the Senate, indeed DS contested the election for the Chamber of Deputies in a joint-list with DL.
| 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | |
| Piedmont | 16.7 | 21.7 | 16.9 | 13.7 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 20.1 | 16.9 | |
| Lombardy | 13.0 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 12.4 | |||
| Veneto | 12.2 | 16.5 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 11.5 | ||
| Emilia-Romagna | 36.6 | 43.0 | 35.7 | 32.8 | 36.2 | 28.8 | 30.6 | ||
| Tuscany | 33.7 | 40.9 | 34.8 | 31.9 | 36.4 | 30.9 | 29.8 | ||
| Lazio | 23.3 | 27.2 | 23.5 | 18.4 | 20.0 | 17.3 | 19.2 | ||
| Campania | 19.7 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 14.1 | |
| Apulia | 19.9 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 16.6 | 15.6 | |
| Calabria | 22.2 | 22.2 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 14.3 | 17.9 | 15.4 | 14.4 | |
| Sicily | 16.5 | 14.1 | 16.6 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 14.0 | 11.4 | |
| ITALY | 20.4 | - | 21.1 | 17.3 | - | 16.6 | - | - | 17.2 |
Read more about this topic: Democrats Of The Left
Famous quotes containing the words popular support, popular and/or support:
“You are, I am sure, aware that genuine popular support in the United States is required to carry out any Government policy, foreign or domestic. The American people make up their own minds and no governmental action can change it.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“For the people in government, rather than the people who pester it, Washington is an early-rising, hard-working city. It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)