Massimiliano Fedriga (Friuli Venezia Giulia, 66.5%) is confirmed at the top of the ranking of the most loved among the governors, in front of Luca Zaia (Veneto, 66%). Another center -right governor, Alberto Cirio (Piedmont, 59%) closes the trio head for the first time on the podium. Among the mayors is Marco Fioravanti (Ascoli Piceno, 70%) the winner. In second place Michele Guerra (Parma, 65%), while in third position they are placed on the same time Gaetano Manfredi (Naples, 61%) and Vito Leccese (Bari, 61%). These are the local administrators who conquer the symbolic gold, silver and bronze medals In the particular Governance Poll ranking on the liking of the first citizens and governors, Made by the Demoscopic Institute Noto Survey for Il Sole 24 Orereads a long note.
Marco Fioravanti (Ascoli Piceno, 70%), the winning mayor of the Governance Poll 2025, was reconfirmed last year for the second term at the helm of a center -right coalition. He enters the ranking by removing the scepter at the number one of last year Michele Guerra (Parma, 65%) of the center -left, who however ranks in second position. On equal place in third place two mayors of large southern cities: Vito Leccese (Bari, 61%) and Gaetano Manfredi (Naples, 61%), both expression of a center -left deployment. In the upper part of the ranking is another group that ex aequo occupies the fifth position with 60%. These are Mattia Palazzi (Mantua), Paolo Calcinaro (Fermo), Mario Conte (Treviso) and Pierluigi Biondi (L’Aquila). In ninth position other ex aequo among 7 first citizens who reach 59%. Among these Clemente Mastella (Benevento), Jamil Sadegholva (Rimini), Valeria Cittadino (Rovigo), Chiara Frontini (Viterbo), Alan Fabbri (Ferrara), Beppe Sala (Milan), Massimo Mezzetti (Modena). Among the mayors of the other large cities, Matteo Lepore (Bologna 53.5%) stands in 58th position, while Stefano Lo Russo (Turin 50.5%) is 72 °. The mayor of Florence Sara Funaro with 55% conquers the 34th position, while the first citizen of Rome Roberto Gualtieri with 47% is in 89th place, even if in recovery compared to last year’s governance poll.
On the front of the presidents of the Region, Massimiliano Fedriga (Friuli Venezia Giulia, 66.5%) is confirmed for the second consecutive time the most loved governor, even if the president of Veneto Luca Zaia (66%) exceeds only half a point. New entry on the podium for Alberto Cirio (Piedmont, 59%) reconfirmed for the second term last year, completes an all -center -right trio. Another news in fourth position. This is the first center -left president in the standings which is Eugenio Giani (Tuscany, 58%) who in turn precedes an all southern trio, composed of Roberto Occhiuto (Calabria, 58%), Renato Schifani (Sicily, 56%) and Vincenzo De Luca (Campania, 54.5%). In the top ten, two other center-left presidents, Michele De Pascale (Emilia-Romagna, 54%) and Stefania Proietti (Umbria, 52%) are tenth in the 8th place with Attilio Fontana (Lombardy, 52%). After immediately, Francesco Acquaroli (Marche, 50.5%) is immediately placed in 12th place.
“The overall trend, both for mayors and presidents, is mainly decreasing with respect to the consensus obtained in the urn – says Antonio Noto, director of the demoscopic institute known polls that has conducted the survey for the Sole 24 Ore – this is also true for many who occupy the upper part of the ranking. The peculiarity of the administrators is proximity, and in a context in which national policy seems increasingly aimed at the international scenarios, as well as those of the international scenarios. National perimeter, governors and first citizens remain to face the needs of the territory and whether something does not work, whether or not it is responsibility for the mayors or the presidents of the region, it is to them that citizens charge the fault in the first instance.Governance poll should not be confused with voting intentions. A competitive scenario is not analyzed with other competitors, but the choice placed to the interviewees concerns only the administrator in office, regardless of the political belonging, which is not mentioned in the interview. This means that the judgment focuses exclusively on the work and only the data should be interpreted in this sense. Governance poll is not a projection of consent when it will vote, considering that the decision of the vote also follows logics of political belonging beyond the level of liking of the administrator in office “.
The Governance Poll 2025 took into consideration 97 provincial capital municipalities and the regions in which the direct election rule applies. The municipalities in which it voted in 2025 have not been tested, nor those in which the mayor faded or resigned. The interviews were carried out between April and June 2025 using mixed systems: Cati and Cawi the sample number in each region was 1,000 subjects and 600 voters in each municipality, disaggregated by gender, age and area of residence.