 According to a poll conducted in February 2010 by GPG, 45% of Northerners support the independence of Padania.A poll conducted by SWG in June 2010 puts that figure at 61% of Northerners (with 80% of them supporting at least federal reform), while noting that 55% of Italians consider Padania as only a political invention, against 42% believing in its real existence (45% of the sample being composed of Northerners, 19% of Central Italians and 36% of Southerners).As for federal reform, according to the poll, 58% of Italians support it.