The Romanian presidential elections : dealing with local strategies, elections promises and effects of results in Valcea County

Although Victor Ponta won the elections in Valcea County, the victory was a feeble one. In the second ballot of the presidential elections, the Prime Minister lost a lot of electoral capital in favour of Klaus Iohannis. The period between the two ballots was in the help of Klaus Iohannis, due to the deficient organisation made for the Romanian Diaspora. At national level, the Romanians confederated, generating ample protests against the Government and strong antipathy against PSD (Social Democrat Party), and, implicitly, against Victor Ponta. The fact that in many families from Valcea, there are people who were working abroad, made a difference among the members of their families and the people they knew, generating a general empathic phenomenon, of sympathy towards the Romanians who had left their country because of the inadequate decisions of the Government, and who had to work there in order to earn a living. Keywords: Valcea County, presidential elections, political parties, voters, diaspora