The online survey “Your view on the Government of the Republic of Serbia” (30 April 2024, N=538) offers a sharp but consistent portrait of political mood: respondents mainly inform themselves through more critical media and the internet, rate ministers’ performance extremely low, and expect from the new government—above all—either a fight against corruption or, as many sarcastically put it, “looting.”
Where is this audience? The most common information sources are the internet and social networks (18.64%), TV N1 (18.17%) and TV Nova (14.05%), followed by Insajder (6.74%) and Danas (7.00%). RTS accounts for 5.69%, while Pink (1.62%), Happy (1.10%) and Informer (0.47%) are far lower. In other words, the sample is strongly “digital-and-critical,” which also helps explain the predominantly negative political evaluations.
Ministers graded with a “1.” Ratings of ministers’ work (scale 1–5) are almost uniform: for most, the most frequent grade is 1, often around two-thirds and in some cases close to 90%. The most “ones” go to Aleksandar Vulin (88.35%), Martinović (86.14%), Gašić (84.10%), Đurić (84.29%), Lončar (83.92%), Momirović (82.62%), Vesić (82.62%), Mali (70.79%) and Dačić (70.61%). Positive grades (4 and 5) are marginal and mostly in single digits. A notable detail is the high share of “I don’t know who this person is” for several ministers (e.g., Mesarović 39%, Žarić Kovačević 43.81%, Memić 40.11%), indicating weak public recognition of parts of the cabinet.
What is the “priority” of the new government? Open-ended answers are politically brutal: the most frequent are “nothing,” “I don’t know,” “looting,” “theft,” “corruption,” with EXPO and Kosovo appearing often as thematic markers. Alongside cynicism, there is also a smaller “programmatic” block: rule of law, fair elections, EU integration, health care, education, and ecology.
Who are the respondents? The largest share comes from Belgrade—central municipalities (39.63%), followed by Vojvodina (Bačka 12.96%), Western Serbia (9.26%) and Central Serbia (7.96%). By occupation, pensioners dominate (20.56%), as well as those in education/culture/health (16.85%). Ideologically, the largest group are social democrats (34.91%), followed by liberals (15.37%), apolitical respondents (11.20%), nationalists (10.82%) and greens (10.44%).
The conclusion is clear: this sample is not “Serbia on average,” but it is a strong indicator of a segment of citizens who experience the government as an extension of a central power hub rather than as an accountable institution—and that is why they give it, almost without exception, a failing grade.