Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
An image is published claiming to show a survey conducted on January 14 regarding popular support for political entities in Kosovo, ahead of the February 9 parliamentary elections.
content with this claim was published on TikTok on January 14, by the account named "nettii004".
The content ranks political parties as follows: Vetevendosje Movement (LVV): 71%, Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK): 14%, Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK): 13% and Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) / NISMA: 2% and Alliance for New Kosovo (AKR): 0%.
The truth?
After research conducted online by hibrid.info, no such survey published by credible sources was found.
Hibrid.info has researched through the online search engine "Google", searching with the keywords: LVV 71%, PDK 14%, LDK 13%, AAK/NISMA 2% and AKR 0%However, the search results do not show any such survey published with these results.
The publication, which claims to present a poll, does not mention any source and does not include other political entities participating in the February 9 elections.
About surveys
The latest poll (December 17) that circulated in the media was from the company "UBO Consulting", which explained that the survey on political parties was conducted by the OMNIBUS service.
The data from this survey presents different percentages than those presented by the aforementioned TikTok accounts. (see photo below).
In recent months, there has been a growing trend of poll-related publications on social media, mainly on TikTok. These were mostly inaccurate and manipulated polls, which have been verified by hibrid.info. (see here)
Analyze:
The claim that a poll regarding political entities for the parliamentary elections of February 9, 2025 was published on January 14 is false.
Hibrid.info has not found that the alleged survey was conducted by any company. Likewise, such a survey with this data has not been found published in any credible source.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.