An exit poll is due at 11pm local time (10pm BST), when voting closes
The PD, for those who haven’t been following the intricacies, is running with a smattering of small parties. It has stayed away from the Five Star Movement, and the centrist parties of Matteo Renzi and Carlo Calenda .
And, according to the polls, it simply won’t muster enough support to beat the rightwing alliance of Meloni, Salvini and Berlusconi.The PD has become a middle-class, professional party and lost touch with the working class. There is an anger driving these great populist waves in Italy – for Salvini and now Meloni – and it’s to do with economic inequality. The left needs to persuade them back on board or it will be stuck.when he was prime minister in 2013.
In the final days of the electoral campaign, Conte led a formidable comeback, especially in southern Italy, where he is confident of the support ofAt the moment, this group of people can benefit from the so-called “citizens’ income”, a basic income, which was a flagship M5S policy rolled out in 2019 when the party governedBasic income has been one of the most discussed topics in the electoral campaign, with many critics pointing out that it has not effectively helped people to find jobs.