Faktor Plus: Vucic Tops the List of Citizens' Trust

According to the latest research by the Faktor Plus agency, citizens have the highest trust in the institution of the President of the Republic of Serbia, while they have the least trust in the Republic Geodetic Authority, i.e., the cadastre.

While appearing on TV Prva, the executive director of Faktor Plus, Predrag Lacmanovic, highlighted that 55% of citizens trust the President of Serbia, 38% trust the National Bank of Serbia, 32% the police, 31% the army, 30% the healthcare system, 29% the Pension Fund (PIO), 25% the Electric Power Industry of Serbia, and 22% the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. The smallest number of citizens, 18%, trust the Republic Geodetic Authority, or the cadastre.

Lacmanovic stated that the result showing that Vucic enjoys the highest trust among citizens should not come as a surprise.

“Vucic has earned such a status through his hard work and transparency, which is why citizens trust him the most. The public's trust in institutions largely depends on the people who lead those institutions,” Lacmanovic said.
The latest research by Faktor Plus, conducted on a sample of 2,000 respondents, also included data on party ratings.

In first place is the SNS (Serbian Progressive Party) with 46.8%, followed by the SPS (Socialist Party of Serbia) with 7.7%.

Next are Dragan Djilas’s Freedom and Justice Party with 6.9%, the Kreni–Promeni (Go–Change) movement led by Sava Manojlovic with 4.7%, the People's Movement of Serbia with 4.0%, We Are Serbia's Strength with 4.0%, and the New DSS with 3.7%. The Green-Left Front (2.3%) and Serbia Center (2.2%) are below the electoral threshold.

Lacmanovic explained that these results are not surprising, considering that the opposition parties are barely recognizable, and a large number of respondents do not recognize party names.

According to marketing expert Nebojša Krstic, these data were surprising to him, as previous state presidents did not enjoy such a high level of trust from citizens.

"In my time, when I was an advisor to the President of the Republic of Serbia, Boris Tadic, the president was never at the top. In my time, it was always the army and the Serbian Orthodox Church at the top," Krstic pointed out.