The most loved mayor of Italy is Sala. Nardella in sixth place, Lo Russo in 47th. First among the governors is the Emilian Bonaccini

Sala increases his consensus by 7.3 points compared to the result obtained in the polls – reads a long note – no other center-left mayor does better than him. The only one to mark a greater increase is a centre-right colleague, Luigi Brugnaro in Venice (63%), who scores a plus 8.9 and is in fourth place. This is the podium of the tricolor bands designed by the traditional classification of the “Sole 24 Ore”

In the Top 10, among the mayors of the big cities, in addition to Milan, Bari and Venice, is Florence with Dario Nardella with a strong 61% approval rating. In Naples and Genoa, Gaetano Manfredi and Marco Bucci (56.5%) are in sixteenth position, Stefano Lo Russo (53.5%) from Turin in forty-seventh. While the mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri is sixty-seventh, whose appreciation drops by 10.2 points compared to election day and reaches 50%. It must be said that this year only 29 mayors improve their approval ratings compared to the electoral figure. Among the other regional capitals, the mayor of Bologna Matteo Lepore is in sixteenth place, albeit down by 5.4 points compared to election day. The Mayor of Palermo Roberto Lagalla instead increases by 4.8 and is placed in 54th place with 52.5%. Among the presidents of the Region, after twelve years of leadership, Luca Zaia (Veneto 68.5%) falls into second position, overtaken by a whisker by Stefano Bonaccini (Emilia Romagna 69%). Massimiliano Fedriga (Friuli Venezia Giulia 64%) is also down one position compared to last year, third today. Bonaccini is strong today with a personal rating 17.2 points higher than his election. He is the only center-left governor to grow. Among those elected from the centre-right is Renato Schifani (Sicily) who increased the most compared to election day with +8.9%, reaching eleventh place. Two other center-right leaders are tied for a step below the podium: in fourth place are the governors of Calabria and Liguria, Roberto Occhiuto and Giovanni Toti (59%), followed by another couple from the same line-up, Attilio Fontana and Alberto Cirio (56.5%), who lead Lombardy and Piedmont. In the Top Ten Governors, the ninth place of Vincenzo De Luca, president of Campania, who, despite losing 15 points compared to his result in the polls, retains the broad and consistent consensus of 54.5% of Campania. The President of the Lazio Region Rocca consolidates what he already won in the polls in the elections last February and with 54% conquers the tenth position. Of the tested Region presidents, nine increase their approval rating against eight that decrease. «It can be affirmed – says Antonio Noto, director of Noto Sondaggi – that the ‘prejudice’ of political affiliation decreases in the judgment of the community. Who governs is valued more for the administrative activity than for the party to which they belong. The fact that the two winners of the 2023 Governance Poll belong to a different alignment from the government majority is a further indicator of how the administrator’s political reference takes a back seat to his management skills. In practice, the thread that binds Bonaccini and Sala is not the centre-left coalition, but that of being perceived by the population as the defenders of all public opinion, regardless of ideology, and bearers of interests of the citizens themselves. This is the factor that determines the success of the consensus».

The 2023 Governance Poll took into consideration 87 provincial capitals and the Regions where the rule of direct elections is in force, except Molise where the vote was held in June. The untested municipalities are those that elected the mayor in May-June 2023 or commissioned or governed by the deputy mayor. The interviews were carried out between May and June 2023 using mixed systems: Cati, Cawi and the Tempo Reale system created by the Noto Sondaggi polling institute. The sample size in each Region was 1,000 subjects and 600 voters in each Municipality, disaggregated by gender, age and area of ​​residence.