Voting demographics: Who did bulgarians vote for

The "Trend" polling agency presented data on the demographics of the vote.

When did they make their decision?

7.8% of Bulgarians decided whom to vote for in the last few days before the election. 58.3% of “Progressive Bulgaria” voters had already decided to vote for the coalition before the campaign began. 11.1% of the GERB-SDS electorate decided to vote for the coalition in the last 30 days. 7.1% of PP-DB supporters decided to vote for them in the last few days.

Gender

Women made up the majority of all voters who went to the polls on April 19 (53%). Male voters accounted for 47 percent of the total. The voter bases of the individual parties are relatively evenly distributed by gender.

The notably female-dominated profile of “Progressive Bulgaria” voters is striking (55.2% women versus 44.8% men). The gender distribution among DPS voters is exactly the opposite. For GERB-SDS, the distribution is 52.2% to 47.8% in favor of women. The results for PP-DB are similar—52.8% women and 47.2% men.

Age

The most active age group in this election was those aged 40 to 49. The largest share of older voters supported GERB-SDS (14.9% of people over 70). The PP-DB, on the other hand, received the most votes from younger voters—20.1% of those aged 18 to 29. Voters for “Progressive Bulgaria” were primarily in the 40–49 age group (21%).

Education

The majority of university graduates who went to the polls cast their votes for PP-DB (64.9%). The core base of "Progressive Bulgaria" voters consists of those with a high school education (51.6%). The majority of voters with a primary school education or lower voted for DPS. For GERB-SDS, there is almost complete parity between university graduates (47.6%) and people with a high school education (49.6%).

Type of settlement

15.3% of all voters in the election live in Sofia. 41.6% live in regional cities. Nearly a quarter (22.7%) live in a small town, and one-fifth (20.5%) live in a village.

Change

64.1% of voters are optimistic and believe that these elections will bring a change for the better. Only 4.7% are pessimists who think that change will occur, but for the worse. According to 17.4%, nothing will change after the eighth early parliamentary election, while 13.7% are undecided.