 One poll in 1996 estimated that 52.4% of interviewees from Northern Italy considered secession advantageous ("vantaggiosa") and 23.2% both advantageous and desirable ("auspicabile").Another poll in 2000 estimated that about 20% of "Padanians" (18.3% in North-West Italy and 27.4% in North-East Italy) supported secession in case Italy was not reformed into a federal state.More recent polls show different results.