Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
An image has been published claiming to show a survey based on "statista.com", a German-based platform for collecting statistics, reports and insights, showing electoral support for political entities in Kosovo, ahead of the parliamentary elections on February 9.
it CONTENT It was posted on TikTok by an account named "valkosova113".
Is the presented survey credible?
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it was found that such a survey was not published by the source to which they referred.
The survey does not show concrete numerical data, it only presents the rise and fall of political entities in Kosovo, compared to the 2021 elections.
Hibrid.info has researched the platform's website, "statista.com", to find out if it has data on support for political entities in Kosovo, but nothing of the kind has been found (see here).
About surveys
One of the surveys is published by Valicon, one of the research agencies in the Adria region. In collaboration with its online platform Opinia.Club, Valicon has conducted the pre-election survey for this election process.
survey Another (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 show different percentages (not very different) than those presented by the aforementioned TikTok accounts. (see photo below).
Hibrid.info has verified dozens of fake and old polls that were manipulated with the claim to appear current. (see article) here)
Analyze:
The claim of publishing a survey regarding political entities for the parliamentary elections of February 9, 2025, is false.
Hibrid.info has researched the platform to which the publisher referred, but this survey was not found.
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.