M5S's Appendino Italy's best-loved mayor, Zaia top governor

(ANSA) - Rome, January 16 - Turin Mayor Chiara Appendino, a member of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), is Italy's best-loved first citizen, according to the Governance Poll 2016 prepared by IPR Marketing and published by financial daily il Sole 24 Ore on Monday. Appendino registered an approval rating of 62%, up seven points from when she was elected last year.
    In second place was Florence Mayor Dario Nardella, a member of Premier Paolo Gentiloni's centre-left Democratic Party (PD), with 61%, while Parma Mayor Federico Pizzarotti, a former M5S member, was third with 60.5%. Another M5S first citizen, Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi, came second bottom with 44%, down 23.2% from when she was elected in June.
    Venetor Governor Luca Zaia of the Northern League was the top regional head with 60%, followed by Tuscan Governor Enrico Rossi, a PD man, with 57%.