Support for the Democrats halved: From 11% to 6.4% - a political collapse

A decline that cannot be downplayed: from over 11% support to just 6.4% - the Democrats’ political capital has nearly been cut in half over three years. This is no longer a fluctuation, but a clear trend of collapsing trust.

A survey by the Spektrum Analitika agency shows that the party led by Aleksa Bečić is supported by only 6.4% of citizens. Only - because this represents a significant drop compared to earlier surveys, in which the party had support of 10% and even 11%.

The Democrats of Aleksa Bečić, Dragan Krapović, Danilo Šaranović, Boris Bogdanović, Tamara Vujović, Zdenka Popović, and others, some of whom head the most important state systems, from defense and internal affairs to media and culture, are now less popular than Milan Knežević and his Democratic People's Party, even though they left the government and moved into opposition benches.

This sharp decline shows that citizens are increasingly losing trust in this party and its leadership, despite their attempts to present themselves as sincere fighters for justice and fairness.

The Democrats are politically losing ground, especially with elections approaching next year. It appears that citizens have begun to punish a leadership that labels, threatens, monitors, and persecutes anyone who dares to think differently.

In such a system of power, however, one thing is not in their hands - the vote of the citizens. If the poll is any indication, citizens are increasingly gravitating toward parties that are clearly profiled, whether as national or civic, and whose leadership clearly signals the direction they are taking.

The Democrats have seriously lost their footing.

The party’s decline is also evident from numerous examples in earlier surveys. Last year’s CEDEM research showed that the party was supported by 8.2% of citizens, which was already a drop compared to the previous year, when support stood at 10%. Even earlier, according to a CEDEM survey published in May 2023, support for the Democrats was 11.1%.

If this trend continues, the decline will no longer be a matter of percentages, but of political survival. From once enjoying double-digit support, the Democrats are entering a zone where what is lost is not just elections - but political identity and influence. In such circumstances, each future election cycle may be less a battle for power and more a fight for survival on the political scene.