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The Liguria It is the only Region in which the Pd and the M5S have managed to close an agreement to present a common candidate, while the center-right aims to repeat the success of five years ago.
The outgoing governor Giovanni toti returns to the head of a coalition formed by Lega, Fratelli d’Italia, Forza Italia, Unione di Centro and the list of Toti President. The choice of the Giallorossi fell to the journalist The weather in Ferruccio Sansa, son of Adriano, left-wing mayor of Genoa in the early 90’s. The coalition that supports the former Fatto Quotidiano signature is made up of the Democratic Party, the 5-Star Movement, the Europa Verde-DemoS-Centro Democratico list, Sansa Presidente and the Linea Condivisa list.
Candidates who could take Sansa’s votes
The renzianos, on the other hand, support the university professor Aristide massardo which leads a list that brings together Italia Viva, + Europa, Psi and Human Value Party. To divide the front of Giallorossi there is also the old grillina Alice salvatore, a candidate for the presidency of the Liguria Region five years ago and who had been elected to run on this occasion as well, but left the Movement after the agreement between the Giallorossi on Sansa and presented herself with the Il Buonsenso list. It is also an ancient pentastellata. Marika cassimatis that runs with the Constitutional Base list and that in 2017 he was elected with a vote on the blog as a candidate for mayor of Genoa, but then Beppe Grillo canceled that vote. “They went to check my social media and said I was guilty of liking a post from the People’s Republic of China on Facebook. The hypothesis is that there had to be a soft candidate, willing to do all the turns that have been made from that moment on “Cassimatis explained in a recent interview with Genova Today.
The outsiders
The other candidates are the former deputy of the Northern League Giacomo Chippori who is now featured on the Grande Liguria list, while Carlo Carpi heads a list bearing his surname. Gaetano Russo is the standard-bearer of the People of the Christian Democratic Family and Davide Visigalli is presented with the Reconquest of Italy list.
The 2015 vote and the latest polls
In 2015 Toti won with 34.4% against the Renzian candidate of the Democratic Party, Raffaella Paita, who stayed at 27.8%, while Salvatore obtained 25% of the votes and the far-left deputy Luca Pastorino took 9%. The latest poll, conducted by Winpoll for Il Sole 24 Ore, attributes a big lead to outgoing Governor Toti, who should get 60%. Sansa is given at 34.4%, while Renziano Massardo should stop at 4.3%.
