They can also influence the election with the homeless

The 2019 local government election made it easier for the left in Budapest to organize a campaign. The one-on-one fight created clear conditions, so the results show exactly which districts are swaying and where there is a significant right-wing and left-wing voting base. One of the most surprising left-wing victories is VIII. He was born in the district where András Pikó was elected mayor with a majority of only 269 votes, so that all public opinion polls indicated that Fidesz would win the local election.

However, the measurements ignored the 1,300 homeless voters living in the district. But Ferencváros is similarly burdened by the homeless hostel units on Aszódi út. It is therefore not surprising that VIII. and the IX. in the district, the left tries to appeal primarily to the poorest strata with its election messages.

One of the Józsefváros bloggers, Zsanett Nyerky, also pointed out this fact, who stated on his website Gettónapló: he turned to the National Election Office to find out whether a local election can be influenced by the appearance of more and more homeless people in the districts. As it turned out,

with the residential address card issued to the homeless, the homeless can also cast their vote for individual candidates, which can easily influence local results.

The Gettónapló blog drew attention to the fact that the Pikós can support the Shelter Foundation named after Péter Győri of ex-SZDSZ and the Oltalom Charitable Association founded by Gábor Iványi.

We have also reported several times that the City for Everyone group, which fights for the homeless, maintains a close relationship with Gergely Karácsony and András Pikó. The main figure of the organization, Bálint Misetics, became the mayor's chief housing and social advisor, who immediately took charge of the fate of the capital's homeless. Among the first measures of the new capital city administration was to open a homeless shelter in an old school building in Csepel. Due to the protests of the residents of Csepeli, mayor Lénárd Borbély finally ordered a ban on changes to the building, so the Karácsonys' plan to have the VIII. move homeless people from the district Protection Association hostel to Csepel. A year later, however, it was still possible to move homeless people into one of the capital-managed nursing homes in the right-wing district.

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