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 da bi Bašeskuov agresivan populistički nastup mogao više da zapali rumunske birače nego povučeniji Stolojanov stil. Stolojan je u anketama imao osam odsto manje podrške od Nastasea.