Two in three people in a new poll in Denmark say they already know who they will vote for in local elections, despite polling day being nearly three weeks away.

A new poll by the Voxmeter institute shows 67 percent of people have already decided how to vote in the November 18th local elections.

Election day is still three weeks away but a large proportion have already made up their minds, according to the polling.

67.6 percent answered ‘yes’ when asked if they knew who they’d vote for in the poll or 1,317 people.

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A recent poll by Epinion for the Constructive Institute had over 100,000 respondents, meanwhile. In that poll, 49 percent said their mind was made up.

The Epinion poll was conducted earlier than the Voxmeter poll, over a period from September 4th to October 13th. The Voxmeter poll gathered responses from October 22nd-27th.

Election researchers in Denmark are generally of the view that many voters make their decisions close to election day.

Ulrik Kjær, professor at the University of Southern Denmark’s Political Science department, told news wire Ritzau that one in seven people make their decision on the final day before the election.

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As such, parties may still be able to shift votes in the coming weeks.

A significant group that could be attracted in local elections – and offer votes not available in general elections – is foreign voters.

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Any person who is legally resident in a Danish municipality, including foreign nationals, can vote in the local elections.

However, people who are citizens of non-EU countries (not including Iceland, Norway and the UK) must have lived in Denmark for at least the last four years prior to the vote.

Citizens of EU countries as well as Iceland, Norway and the UK can vote in the local elections provided they are legally resident in Denmark (regardless of length of stay).

Some 414,966 foreign nationals in Denmark had the right to vote in the 2021 local elections, according to interior ministry figures – a number large enough to make a difference to the result.