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POLL – Fidesz maintains lead over opposition

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Budapest, June 10 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democratic alliance maintained its lead over the opposition parties in June, a fresh poll released by Századvég on Friday showed.

In the whole sample, support for Fidesz-KDNP was 29 percent, for radical nationalist Jobbik 13 percent, for the Socialists 9 percent and for the Democratic Coalition (DK) 5 percent. The green LMP party captured 3 percent and Egyutt 1 percent, both below the parliamentary threshold of 5 percent, the poll said.

Among decided voters Fidesz-KDNP stood at 44 percent, Jobbik at 24 percent and the Socialists 16 percent. DK garnered 8 percent among decided voters, LMP captured 4 percent and Egyutt 1 percent.

The pollster noted that as the “largest centre-right people’s party” Fidesz has been at the top of the polls since the summer of 2006.

Szazadveg conducted the poll between June 1 and 5 by phone with a sample of 1,000 adults.

Poll: Fidesz the strongest, follow by Jobbik and Socialists

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Budapest (MTI) – Twenty-nine percent of respondents in the Nézőpont Institute’s latest poll indicated preference for the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance, the pollster reported on Wednesday.

Across the whole sample, 11 percent of respondents backed radical nationalist Jobbik, 10 percent preferred the Socialist Party, and the Democratic Coalition (DK) and LMP got 4 percent each.

Among decided voters, the ruling parties would garner 40 percent of the votes, Jobbik 26, the Socialists 13, while DK and LMP 7 percent, respectively, if general elections were held this weekend.

The ratio of those reluctant to give an opinion or staying away from the polls was 37 percent.

Poll: Government parties maintain support despite disputes

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Budapest, February 28 (MTI) – The ruling parties maintained their lead in support for political parties during February despite some sharp political disputes and demonstrations during the month, the pollster Századvég said citing its latest poll on Sunday.

The Fidesz-Christian Democrats governing alliance received the support of 34 percent of all Hungarians in a poll prepared by interviewing 1,000 randomly selected adults between February 20 and 25, Századvég said.

The Jobbik was supported by 13 percent and the opposition Socialists by 9 percent of all voters. The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) received 6 percent, green opposition LMP received 4 percent and Együtt 1 percent of all votes. The smaller parties of the left wing, including the PM party and the Liberals, received less than 1 percent each, according to the poll.

A total of 46 percent of decided voters said they support the ruling parties, the same as in the spring of 2014, when the last general elections were held. Support for Jobbik was 23 percent in this group, and for the Socialists it was 14 percent. Some 9 percent of decided voters said they support DK and 4 percent support LMP. Együtt, PM and the Liberals each garnered less than 1pc of support.

Poll – Fidesz raises lead slightly over opposition in January

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Budapest, January 27 (MTI) – Fidesz increased its lead slightly over all the opposition parties combined in the past quarter, a poll by Tarki revealed on Wednesday.

Fidesz had 31 percent support in January, up from 28 percent in October on the whole sample. The radical nationalist Jobbik party came in second, racking up 12 percent support in January, after 13 percent last October. The poll put the Socialists on 7 percent both months, the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) on 3 percent each time, and Dialogue for Hungary (PM) on 1 percent both in October and January. Opposition LMP had 2 percent, Egyutt 2 percent in January, up from 1 percent in October. The proportion of voters uncertain to vote or declining to answer was at 42 percent on the whole sample, down from 45 percent in October, the poll said.

Among decided voters Fidesz stood on 54 percent in January, up from 51 percent last autumn, while Jobbik’s support grew from 20 percent to 23 percent in the same voter group. The Socialists shed 2 points to 12 percent and other parties were unchanged with DK on 6 percent, PM on 1 percent and LMP 4 percent. Egyutt raised its 1 percent support in October to 3 percent in January among decided voters.

The poll was taken from January 15 to 20 on a sample of 1,001 adults.

POLL – Among “potential voters”: Fidesz, Jobbik, Socialists

Budapest, January 27 (MTI) – The Socialist Party has made up ground and overtaken Jobbik party in terms of overall support, albeit the party’s lead is within the margin of error in a new poll released by the Nezopont Institute on Wednesday.

The ruling Fidesz-Christian-Democrat alliance has maintained its lead among Nezopont’s entire sample, capturing 32 percent. Support for the governing alliance continues to be higher than the combined support for opposition parties, the phone poll of 1,000 voting-age adults conducted in mid-January found.

The Socialist Party slotted into second place with 11 percent while Jobbik remained at 10 percent. The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) stood at 5 percent among the entire sample, while small opposition parties Egyutt and Dialogue for Hungary (PM) captured 1 percent each. Green LMP maintained its support of 3 percent.

Among “potential voters”, Fidesz-KDNP had 44 percent support, Jobbik 23 percent, the Socialists 15 percent and DK 7 percent, LMP 5 percent, Együtt 2 percent while PM had 1 percent.

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Pollsters ask residents to evaluate 2015

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Budapest (MTI) – Most people asked in a recent Ipsos-ZRI Zavecz poll said last year had yielded positive results in general for their families but saw developments at a national level in a negative light.

Pollster Nezopont reported that of the people asked in a December survey, 48 percent had optimistic expectations concerning the year ahead, as opposed to 34 percent at the end of 2014. They added that 32 percent voiced a pessimistic opinion.

The Ipsos poll showed that 50 percent of respondents were satisfied with their own financial situation in 2015, as opposed to 48 percent saying that the year had been bad in financial terms. The poll also showed, however, a gap between the poor and the better off: while 90 percent of those in managerial positions thought their finances were good, only 30 percent of the middle aged and pensioner group held the same opinion and a mere 12 percent of the unemployed were satisfied.

Thirty-six percent of respondents said all aspects of their own lives were positive in 2015 and only 8 percent held the opposite view. Concerning the country as a whole, however, 62 percent said it was a bad year and 35 percent said 2015 was a good year for the nation.

Nezopont said in its report that the political climate had changed; while support for the ruling parties had ebbed by the end of 2014, a year later the governing alliance had regained its support through its policies concerning the migrant crisis. “The country is not in a protest mood”, the report said.

Forty-three percent of respondents in the Nezopont survey said the country’s economy improved in 2015, and 53 percent voiced expectations for further improvement, as opposed to 26 percent anticipating economic recession.

Both surveys were conducted on a representative sample of voting age adults last December.

POLL – Ruling party would recover two-thirds majority at elections

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Budapest, December 18 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party would recover its two-thirds majority if the elections were to be held next Sunday, the director-general of pollster Nezopont Institute said on Friday.
Fidesz had a successful year in 2015 considering that its support among all voters is now 34 percent, up from 26 percent at the beginning of the year when “the ruling party had some unpleasant months”, Agoston Samuel Mraz told public news channel M1. Among decided voters Fidesz enjoys 48 percent support, which shows that the party’s popularity is back where it was in April 2014, he added.
Recent polls by Nezopont and also by Median showed that the green opposition LMP would not reach the 5 percent threshold necessary to get into parliament. The Socialists would get under 10 percent and radical nationalist Jobbik would also get 10 percent, down from 20 percent at the time after the party’s candidate won local elections in Tapolca, in south-west Hungary.
In response to a question about the possibility of the Socialists not getting into parliament at the next elections, Mraz said that even though currently “left-wing parties do not demonstrate a powerful character” there is still a group of voters that choose left-wing values and such parties therefore have a support base.

Fidesz-Christian Democrats winners of 2015, says Nezopont

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Budapest, December 16 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats have been the winners of 2015 after increasing their popularity by 8 percent from a low point at the start of the year, pollster Nezopont said on Wednesday citing the results of a poll prepared on commission by weekly Heti Valasz.

The ruling parties’ popularity increased from 26 percent in January to 34 percent in December, the report showed. The poll was conducted by interviewing a representative sample of 1,000 people between December 3 and 7.

Nezopont said this shows a return to the power relations registered at the time before the migrant crisis and after the victory of radical nationalist Jobbik in the Tapolca local elections. None of the opposition parties are able to compete with the ruling parties now, it added.

Jobbik’s popularity of nearly 20 percent after its Tapolca victory has now shrunk to 10 percent. After the weakening measured in October and November, this figure now reflects the final failure of Jobbik’s aspirations to become a “people’s party”, Nezopont said.

Among all voters, the Fidesz-Christian Democrats party alliance stood at 34 percent, Jobbik at 10 percent, the Socialists at 9 percent, the Democratic Coalition (DK) at 6 percent, green opposition LMP at 3 percent and Egyutt at 1 percent.

Among potential voters, Fidesz-Christian Democrats stood at 48 percent, Jobbik at 21 percent, the Socialists at 11 percent, DK at 9 percent, LMP at 4 percent, and both Egyutt and PM at 1 percent, Nezopont said.

Poll – Jobbik support drops by third from September

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Budapest, November 25 (MTI) – Support for the radical nationalist Jobbik party dropped by one third from September to November, which reflects the failure of Jobbik’s efforts to become a “people’s party”, a poll by Nezopont Institute prepared on commission by weekly Heti Valasz showed.

The poll carried out between November 14 and 19 shows that two-thirds of Hungarians are dissatisfied with the work of the leftist parties, Nezopont said on Wednesday. It is a bad sign for the opposition Socialists that 18 percent of all voters still consider Ferenc Gyurcsany, former prime minister and current head of the Democratic Coalition (DK), the leader of the left, and only 5 percent named Socialist leader Jozsef Tobias as the leading figure, Nezopont added.

Jobbik enjoyed the support of 17 percent of all voters in September but this dropped to 12 percent in October and dropped further to 11 percent in November. According to Nezopont, Jobbik leader Gabor Vona’s strategy to make Jobbik a “people’s party” has failed.

The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats remained the winners of the autumn period, with 34 percent support from all voters recorded in November, unchanged from September.

The left has been unable to gain support during this time, with the Socialists receiving an unchanged 7 percent and the DK 5 percent. Egyutt’s popularity dropped from 2 to 1 percent, while the PM party received 1 percent and the green opposition LMP 4 percent, unchanged from October. A total of 2 percent of voters supported other parties and 35 percent said they would not vote or refused to reveal their party preference. Nezopont said this showed that an increasing number of people who turned away from opposition parties joined this latter group.

Among potential voters, the Fidesz-Christian Democrats received 48 percent support, Jobbik received 22 percent, the Socialists 9 percent, DK 7 percent, Egyutt 2 percent, PM 1 percent, LMP 6 percent and other parties a combined 5 percent, the poll showed.

The poll was conducted by phoning 1,000 people, a representative sample of people aged over 18.

Latest poll – Fidesz gains support, Socialists at record low

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Budapest (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz party and its allied Christian Democrats were up in polling in the past three months while the opposition Socialists have never been so low, Tarki’s latest poll results from October showed. In October, 43 percent of respondents in a survey conducted by Nezopont supported Prime Minister Viktor Orban, up from 28 percent in April.

Fidesz increased its support from 22 percent in July to 28 percent in October among the whole sample, Tarki said in a poll sent to MTI on Wednesday. The radical nationalist Jobbik party had 13 percent in July and 12 percent in October.

The opposition Socialists lost support from 11 percent in July to 7 percent in October. The opposition LMP stood on 2 percent in both months, DK had 4 percent in July and 3 percent in october and Egyutt and opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) had 1 percent each both times, the poll said.

The percentage of voters who are uncertain or would not respond remained at 45 percent, Tarki said.

Among voters who had a clear preference Fidesz’s support rose from 39 percent to 51 percent from July to October. The Socialists lost support from 19 to 14 percent and Jobbik had 24 percent in July and 23 percent in October. DK’s support fell from 8 percent to 6 percent, LMP had 4 percent both times and Egyutt’s support fell from 2 percent in the summer to 1 percent in October while PM stood on 1 percent both times, the poll said.

Tarki conducted its poll on October 16 to 23 on a sample of 1,003 adults.

Orban’s popularity up in Nezopont poll

In its report, sent to MTI on Wednesday, Nezopont said that increased support for the prime minister was rooted in the “stable national consensus” over the migration crisis as well as his having no rival among leaders of the political parties.

As for the other parties, 7 percent of respondents in the October poll said they would prefer radical nationalist Jobbik leader Gabor Vona to be prime minister, down from 13 percent in April.

Leftist Democratic Coalition head Ferenc Gyurcsany was also preferred by 7 percent in October, down from 10 percent in April.

In the October poll, 3 percent of the sample considered Dialogue for Hungary leader Gergely Karacsony as a desirable candidate for prime minister, while Socialist leader Jozsef Tobias, Egyutt’s Viktor Szigetvari and LMP’s Andras Schiffer were supported by one percent each.

Thirty-five percent of the respondents had no answer to the question who they would want to see as prime minister.

Across the whole sample, the poll indicated a 34 percent support for the ruling parties, unchanged from September. Support for the other parties was virtually unchanged, with the exception of Jobbik, whose support decreased by 5 percentage points to 12 percent from September.

Among decided voters, the ruling parties had a 45 percent support in October, followed by Jobbik with 22 percent, the Socialist Party with 10 percent, Democratic Coalition with 9 percent, LMP 5 percent, Egyutt 2 percent, and Dialogue for Hungary and the Liberal Party with one percent each.

Nezopont conducted its survey between October 17 and 21, on a representative sample of 1,000 adults.

Offrical poll shows increasing fear of migrants in Hungary

Budapest (MTI) – A fear of migrants has significantly increased in the wake of their recent influx, pollster Median said on Wednesday, referring to their latest survey.

The majority of respondents are concerned about health hazards and terrorism, and see migrants as aggressive and demanding, rather than peaceful and cooperative, the pollster’s report said.

The poll, taken between September 11 and 15 on a representative sample, showed that 79 percent of respondents would tighten Hungary’s asylum rules, as opposed to 66 percent in last November. Only a fragment of the respondents said that Hungary would benefit from accommodating migrants.

The vast majority of the sample said that migrants must be treated humanely, but respondents voiced opposing views on whether migrant services should be provided by the government, civil groups, or both.

More people voiced a greater deal of satisfaction over the government’s measures concerning migrants than over any government move in recent years, the report said.

The report noted that even respondents with affiliations with green LMP or the Socialist Party voiced strong sentiments against migrants, and it was only supporters of small leftist parties who voiced a distinctly pro-migrant stance.

Thirty-four percent of the sample said that Hungary’s borders should be sealed and illegal entrants should be stopped even if that involved using tear gas or rubber bullets.

Most respondents were uninformed concerning the number of migrants arriving in Hungary: merely 20 percent were able to estimate the magnitude of entrants since the beginning of the year or the number of illegal migrants currently staying in the country.

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Fidesz support up in September – Poll

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Budapest, September 28 (MTI) – Support for the allied ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats went up by five percentage points over the past four weeks, while the opposition parties remained practically unchanged, a fresh poll by the Nezopont Institute said.

Backing for Fidesz-KDNP increased to 34 percent from 29 percent among all voters in September. It inched up to 17 percent from 15 percent for radical nationalist Jobbik, the poll conducted by the institute for daily Magyar Idok said. In this group the Socialists stood at 8 percent, the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) at 5 percent and small green LMP at 4 percent, each losing one point compared with mid-August. The Egyutt party was supported by one percent, the poll released to MTI on Monday showed.

Among decided voters with a definite intention to vote, Fidesz-KDNP held 44 percent, up four points from four weeks ago, while Jobbik stood level at 26 percent. The Socialists had support of 9 percent, DK 8 percent and LMP 6 percent. Egyutt held 2 percent, the poll said.

Nezopont noted that the ruling alliance’s backing was last this strong in September last year, before it announced plans for introducing an internet tax.

The proportion of undecided voters and those unwilling to vote dropped to 28 percent from 34 percent, the institute said.

Nezopont also asked people about the fence Hungary has erected on its border with Serbia. The institute said that support for the fence went up among all respondents in a week from 55 percent to 73 percent.

The poll was conducted on Sept. 19-24 on a representative sample of 1,000 people.

POLL – Support for parties unchanged in August

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Budapest, September 9 (MTI) – Support for the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance and the opposition parties remained practically unchanged in August, the Nezopont Institute said on Wednesday.

Among all voters, Fidesz-KDNP was backed by 29 percent, up one point from July, Nezopont said in its report. Radical nationalist Jobbik stood at 15 percent, up two points, whereas the Socialists and the Democratic Coalition stood unchanged, at 9 percent and 6 percent, respectively.

Small green LMP added one point to 5 percent while the Egyutt party lost one point to stand at 1 percent, the poll showed.

Among decided voters, the ruling parties had 40 percent, Jobbik 26 percent, the Socialists 10 percent, DK 13 percent, LMP 7 percent, Egyutt 2 percent and Dialogue for Hungary (PM) 2 percent last month.

The proportion of undecided voters was 34 percent, down only one point from July, the poll said.

The poll was conducted on Aug. 14-19 on a representative sample of 1,000 people.

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POLL: Fidesz fattens lead, Jobbik tops opposition

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Budapest (MTI) – After nearly half a year, the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance once again increased its voter support to maintain a stable lead over the opposition in June, a Szazadveg poll published in daily Napi Gazdasag on Saturday showed.

Radical nationalist Jobbik has become the strongest opposition force. The left wing as a whole stagnated while support for the Socialists continued to wane, the poll showed.

Among all voters, support for Fidesz stood at 30 percent. Jobbik was backed by 16 percent, the Socialists by 8 percent, LMP by 6 percent, the Democratic Coalition by 5 percent and Egyutt by 2 percent.

Among decided voters, Fidesz’s support stood at 40 percent, followed by Jobbik (27 percent), the Socialists (15 percent), DK (8 percent), LMP (6 percent) and Egyutt (2 percent), the poll showed.

The proportion of undecided voters was 32 percent.

According to the poll, 46 percent of Hungarian adults support right-wing parties (Fidesz and Jobbik) and 15 percent left-wing ones (Socialists, DK, Egyutt).

A total of 74 percent of respondents said the government should pursue a stricter immigration policy and nearly the same proportion supported the government’s plans to cut the personal income tax next year.

POLL – Support for parties down, people turning away from politics

Budapest, June 10 (MTI) – Party support fell in the past two months as more and more Hungarians turned away from politics, Ipsos said on Wednesday.

The proportion of those who said they could not pick any party increased from 39 percent in April to 44 percent in early June, the pollster said.

Among all voters ruling Fidesz lost 1 percent compared to 21 percent support in April and the radical nationalist Jobbik lost 2 percent from April’s 17 percent, according to the poll carried out in early June.

The Socialists also lost 2 percent support from April when 11 percent of all voters backed them.

The green opposition LMP and the Democratic Coalition (DK) each had 4 percent. LMP lost 1 percent support from April’s 5 percent while support for DK grew by 1 percent.

Support for Egyutt remained at 1 percent and other political parties were all below this level.

Among decided voters, support for Fidesz stood at 38 percent in early June, followed by Jobbik with 28 percent, the Socialists with 15 percent, DK with 9 percent, LMP with 5 percent and Egyutt with 1 percent.

The poll was based on a representative sample of 1,000 voting-age adults between June 1 and 8.

Poll – Fidesz lead stable

Budapest (MTI) – Ruling party Fidesz maintained its strong lead in March with 29 percent of all voters behind it while radical nationalist Jobbik had the backing of 16 percent, according to the Nezopont Institute.

The Socialists registered 7 percent among all voters, while the Democratic Coalition was favoured by 6 percent. Green party LMP had 5 percent while Egyutt and Dialogue for Hungary had 2 and 1 percent respectively.

The proportion of undecideds and people disinclined to vote came to 34 percent.

Among decided voters, Fidesz was preferred by 44 percent, Jobbik by 23 percent, Democratic Coalition by 12 percent and the Socialists by 10 percent. LMP had the backing of 7 percent while the other parties were below the 5 percent threshold for a parliamentary mandate.

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POLL – Fidesz support stagnates, Jobbik continues strengthening

Budapest, March 17 (MTI) – Ruling party Fidesz stayed level in Ipsos’s March survey, capturing 21 percent of the electorate while radical nationalist Jobbik increased its support by two percentage points since February to 18 percent.

The Socialist Party added a point to stand at 12 percent, the Democratic Coalition captured 4 percent of the sample, LMP had 3 percent and Egyutt and Dialogue for Hungary 1 percent each.

The proportion of voters who would stay away from an election declined from 40 percent to 37 percent, Ipsos said in its report published on Tuesday.

Fidesz has around 1.7 million supporters, Jobbik 1.5 million and the Socialists 1 million.

Taking decided voters, support for Fidesz dropped to below 40 percent for the first time since the general election, to 37 percent. Jobbik, by contrast, increased its support in this camp to its highest showing, rising from 25 percent in a month to 28 percent. The Socialist Party maintained its core support at 19 percent.

The Democratic Coalition added a point to capture 7 percent of decided voters while LMP dropped a point to 4 percent. The other two parties had a single percent each.

The threshold for a party to win parliamentary mandates is 5 percent of votes cast on party lists in the election.

Eurobarometer: EU more popular in Hungary

Budapest, February 25 (MTI) – The European Union is seen favourably by an increasing number of Hungarians and its institutions are trusted above the European average, according to Eurobarometer’s fresh Hungary report.

The survey was conducted on Nov. 8-17 in 2014 and sent to MTI on Wednesday.

The proportion of Hungarians expressing a positive view about the EU as a whole went up last year to 40 percent from 35 percent compared with the survey conducted in the same month in 2013, the survey showed. Almost the same proportion of Hungarians saw the EU positively as the average across the bloc, the survey said.

In a regional comparison, the EU was seen slightly more favourably only in Poland and Romania.

Concerning confidence in European institutions, 51 percent of Hungarians stated trust in the European Commission, compared to the EU average of 38 percent.

Fully 52 percent stated confidence in the European Parliament, compared with the EU average of 42 percent, the survey showed.

A total of 53 percent of Hungarians saw the four freedoms, the free movement of persons, goods, services and capital the EU’s most important asset.

In contrast, only 37 percent of Hungarians mentioned the freedom of travelling, studying or free choice of taking up a job as a personal advantage ensured by the EU.

The proportion of Hungarians who said that their opinion or vote matters in the EU went up considerably, from 37 percent to 50 percent, Tamas Szucs, the EU Budapest mission head, said in a statement.

The proportion of those who think that the EU takes Hungary’s interests into account also increased, from 38 percent to 43 percent.

Similarly to respondents in other EU member states, Hungarians regarded economic matters as most important. Altogether 48 percent said the European economy is performing well which went up from 37 percent.

Asked about the EU’s future, more than 55 percent of Hungarians were optimistic, similarly to the European average.

The proportion of those who identified themselves as “a European, and at the same time a Hungarian” doubled to 60 percent, the survey showed.

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