Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A graphic claiming to represent a survey of political parties in Kosovo, ahead of the December 28 parliamentary elections, has been published on social media in several different formats.
Published as videos and photos on TikTok and Facebook, but also as comments on various posts, the claim is that a public opinion poll was conducted in November for the four largest parliamentary parties in Kosovo.
According to the image displayed in all the content in question, the graph shows the Vetëvendosje Movement (VV) as the first subject with 55 percent, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) as the second with 19%, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) with 15% and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) as the fourth with 5%.
Claims and truth?
The publication was originally found on Facebook on the page "Mindpol"(archived). Published as “reels” with the image claiming to be a poll for political parties, the video contains the caption “a survey conducted by a private Slovenian company, without specifying who exactly performed the alleged measurement.
Using Google image search, hibrid.info found the image shared on other accounts and social networks. Among the first accounts it came across was the account “nardi_leo1” on TikTok. In this image above the party percentages it says “Latest polls November 2025". The post from the account " was similar that same day.hill_04".
On the same day, the content was also found on the account "diamond” on TikTok. This account's post also has the caption “This result is beyond our control.".
Contrary to these claims, the account “Selvije Berisha" has shared the image on Facebook, adding the claim that it is a survey commissioned by the LDK, but that "this party is not publishing it."The latest survey from the company that commissioned the LDK but is not being made public. The information came from the LDK people themselves, this is why it is clear that the LDK", this account's claim states.
A similar claim that it is a poll commissioned by the LDK has also been made by the account "worldksinfo WKI" on Facebook. "The latest poll that is supposedly ordered by LDK but is not being made public", is the caption on this account's image.
The image was also shared in the group ">>Kurti Government ll, March 22, 2021<” on Facebook. (see here)
And after being shared as a post on Facebook and TikTok accounts and pages, the image claiming to be a survey was also published in the form of comments on various posts on media pages on Facebook. (See here and here)
Hibrid.info searched on "Google" with the words "November poll" as well as "VV 55%, PDK 19%, LDK 15%, AAK 5%". No search resulted in any credible source of information that these are real surveys.
Furthermore, none of these publications have mentioned any of the criteria that would make the claim credible. They have not even mentioned who the source of the measurement is, when it was published, and other statistics that meet the criteria for a credible survey.
What are surveys?
A survey is a preliminary research to know a situation, opinions or attitudes about something specific. In this statistical method Results are drawn based on the study of a portion of the population, called a sample.
Based on the institute's article Pew Research (research institute for surveys and evidence-based studies), it is clarified what information should be requested about how a survey was conducted.
Who conducted the survey and who sponsored it?
Who was interviewed?
How was the survey conducted?
How were people selected for the survey?
When was the survey conducted?
How many people were interviewed?
Was the survey weighted? If so, how?
Do the survey questions seem neutral and fair?
Polls as a social media phenomenon before elections:
Fake polls as a form of opinion manipulation on social media were also detected during the period before and during the election campaign of the parliamentary elections of February 9 this year. During this period, hibrid.info had verified 36 fake polls. Before the start of the election campaign, hibrid.info had warned readers about the dangers of incorrect information that could be published during this time, also mentioning fake polls as one of the forms of misinformation content.
Elections on December 28
President Vjosa Osmani On November 20, he decided to dissolve the Assembly and announced December 28 as the date for early parliamentary elections.
And as these elections approach, there has been an increase in the publication of videos and images generated with artificial intelligence that contain manipulated political narratives. (See here)