It’s been about two months since Matteo Renzi took office as Italy’s youngest ever Prime Minister. His personal ratings remain high and stable, well above 50%, and nearly double those of other party leaders (Grillo polls between 25-30%, Alfano and Berlusconi around 20%, Monti has been long forgotten).

Before becoming PM, Renzi’s personal popularity wasn’t reflected in the ratings of his Democratic Party (PD). This has now changed, and looking at polls over the course of the past two months, the following trends are clear:

The PD is now consistently polling above 30%, on an upward trajectory nearing 35% with several pollsters - this is a record high for the party.

#Italy - average of #EP2014 polls: PD 32.9% M5S 23.9% Forza Italia 19.9% NCD-UDC 6% Lega 5% Tsipras 4% FD’I 3.4% ALDE 2.5% — electionista (@electionista) April 18, 2014

Support for parties on the far-left (including those part of the centre-left coalition come elections) has dropped. Support for the European Parliament elections “Tsipras list” has nearly halved, and now risks not hitting the 4% threshold needed to win seats.

The “moderate”/centrist vote has continued to fall - UDC, Monti’s movement and the various parties linked to the ALDE list are all on <1-2.5% - and support for Berlusconi’s Forza Italia has also fallen from around 25% to barely hitting 20%.

Two areas where Renzi has yet to make a dent:

1. Support for Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement is back on the rise, and on levels hit at last year’s general election.

2. The M5S remains the most popular party among young voters, despite Renzi’s youth, more than 40% say they won’t vote, and among those that claim they will, Grillo still leads.

In summary, Renzi has united the left, convinced many of those on the fringe of his party, and made a strong case to the “moderates” weary of the former Communist Party, yet the PM still has work to do when it comes to winning back those that are “anti-establishment”, for whom the prolonged crisis has hit hardest, and those that really couldn’t seem to care less who leads the country.