Basescu's aggressive, populist style is seen as more likely to fire up Romanian voters than that of the reticent Stolojan, who was lagging by as many as eight points behind Nastase in the polls.
Smatra se kako bi Basescuov agresivan populistički nastup mogao više zapaliti rumunjske birače nego povučeniji Stolojanov stil. Stolojan je u anketama imao osam posto manju potporu od Nastasea.