> The election is thus a high-stakes affair for voters, with support for political sides going head to head, according to the latest Republican Institute poll, the last before the election. The results show a margin of error of 2 percentage points between Fidesz-KDNP and United for Hungary, with 35 percent of voters supporting the government side and 33 percent supporting the opposition.
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> The data shows not only a close contest between the two major blocs, but 29 percent of all voters could not or would not say which party they would support in Sunday’s election.
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> This is in line with previous polls by Republikon, Závecz Research and other research institutes traditionally considered to be more pro-opposition, while firms affiliated with the governing party have consistently shown a significantly higher Fidesz lead, and Medián just published on Wednesday that it had measured a larger Fidesz lead ahead of the election. You can follow the polls of the last weeks here.
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> The current Republikon survey was conducted between 26 March and 29 March 2022, with 800 people interviewed by phone. The survey is representative of the Hungarian population aged 18 and over by gender, age group, educational level and settlement type. The sample has a margin of error of +/-3.5%.
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> The research is significant not only because of the current numbers of the two major candidates, but also because the Republican Institute has examined the attitudes of Hungarian voters towards emigration, i.e. how many of them thought about emigration and for what reasons, in addition to party preference. This revealed that 23% of Hungarians had already thought about moving abroad for some reason. Among working-age people, the proportion is significantly higher: one in three people of working age (33%) have considered leaving the country.
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> The primary reasons for this tendency to emigrate were also examined: the strongest of these is that wages in Hungary are so low that it is impossible to make a living, a view shared by almost four in ten (39%) of respondents. However, a reason of similar importance to living here is that Viktor Orbán has completely dismantled democracy in the country over the past 12 years, making it not worth living here, a statement agreed with by 32% of respondents.
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> The survey also asked how much the intention to emigrate is linked to the result of Sunday’s election. The answers are shocking: 27% of voters think that if Viktor Orbán remains in power after the elections, it is not worth staying in this country.
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> This view is equally strong among working-age people, with 28% of them saying it is not worth staying in the country if Fidesz wins.
Please don’t. It will only strengthen Orban’s grip on power and undermine the EU. Orban needs to go for the good of the whole continent and he won’t go anywhere if the people who can vote him out leave.
or stay and fix the issue instead of running away?
I’ve been hearing the same thing in Poland after each election and it never happened.
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> The election is thus a high-stakes affair for voters, with support for political sides going head to head, according to the latest Republican Institute poll, the last before the election. The results show a margin of error of 2 percentage points between Fidesz-KDNP and United for Hungary, with 35 percent of voters supporting the government side and 33 percent supporting the opposition.
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> The data shows not only a close contest between the two major blocs, but 29 percent of all voters could not or would not say which party they would support in Sunday’s election.
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> This is in line with previous polls by Republikon, Závecz Research and other research institutes traditionally considered to be more pro-opposition, while firms affiliated with the governing party have consistently shown a significantly higher Fidesz lead, and Medián just published on Wednesday that it had measured a larger Fidesz lead ahead of the election. You can follow the polls of the last weeks here.
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> The current Republikon survey was conducted between 26 March and 29 March 2022, with 800 people interviewed by phone. The survey is representative of the Hungarian population aged 18 and over by gender, age group, educational level and settlement type. The sample has a margin of error of +/-3.5%.
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> The research is significant not only because of the current numbers of the two major candidates, but also because the Republican Institute has examined the attitudes of Hungarian voters towards emigration, i.e. how many of them thought about emigration and for what reasons, in addition to party preference. This revealed that 23% of Hungarians had already thought about moving abroad for some reason. Among working-age people, the proportion is significantly higher: one in three people of working age (33%) have considered leaving the country.
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> The primary reasons for this tendency to emigrate were also examined: the strongest of these is that wages in Hungary are so low that it is impossible to make a living, a view shared by almost four in ten (39%) of respondents. However, a reason of similar importance to living here is that Viktor Orbán has completely dismantled democracy in the country over the past 12 years, making it not worth living here, a statement agreed with by 32% of respondents.
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> The survey also asked how much the intention to emigrate is linked to the result of Sunday’s election. The answers are shocking: 27% of voters think that if Viktor Orbán remains in power after the elections, it is not worth staying in this country.
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> This view is equally strong among working-age people, with 28% of them saying it is not worth staying in the country if Fidesz wins.
Please don’t. It will only strengthen Orban’s grip on power and undermine the EU. Orban needs to go for the good of the whole continent and he won’t go anywhere if the people who can vote him out leave.
or stay and fix the issue instead of running away?
I’ve been hearing the same thing in Poland after each election and it never happened.
Way ahead of ya…