According to the latest public opinion poll of the Századvég Foundation, Péter Márki-Zay's popularity has been steadily falling since he became a candidate for prime minister. In January, 33 percent of those surveyed sympathized with the mayor of Hódmezővásárhely, which represents a decrease of 3 percentage points compared to the data measured in December last year, and a total of 9 percentage points compared to October 2021, MTI was informed on Friday.
They wrote that in recent months several conflicts have emerged between the left-wing parties and their candidate for prime minister, Péter Márki-Zay. On the one hand, the compilation of the joint list is more challenging than expected for the left-liberal forces, as well as the issue of the "seventh faction" of the mayor of Hódmezővásárhely and the Roma politicians he proposed for the final places of the electoral list caused tensions.
On the other hand, Márki-Zay's name can be linked to several statements in which he questioned the legitimacy of measures with high social support, they added.
The candidate for prime minister of the left, they continued, called, among other things, the rebuilding of the 13th month pension as "outrageous", the utility reduction as "people's stupidity", while the official freezing of petrol prices was called "an endlessly stupid and irresponsible decision", and the food price freeze was called a "stupid measure".
According to the results of the December public opinion survey by Századvég, the proportion of those who liked Péter Márki-Zay decreased from 42 percent in October last year to 36 percent in December, and in terms of settlement types (capital, county seat, cities, villages) the proportion of those who sympathized with him was exceeded only in Budapest (49 percent). , those who reject him (47 percent).
According to the latest research data, the trend observed at the end of last year has continued: Péter Márki-Zay's popularity has been falling continuously since he became prime minister candidate. At the same time, from December to January, the proportion of those who had an unfavorable opinion of the left-wing prime minister's candidate increased from 56 to 59 percent, while in October last year, a noticeably smaller proportion of respondents, 47 percent, expressed a negative opinion of Péter Márki-Zay, they pointed out.
Another point of interest was the fact that Péter Márki-Zay no longer enjoys the sympathy of the majority of the citizens of the capital: 42 percent of those polled in Budapest expressed a positive opinion, while 52 percent did not like the politician.
35 percent of people living in county seats like Péter Márki-Zay, 56 percent reject him, they added.
The opposition candidate is even more unpopular in cities and villages: 61 percent of respondents in cities and 65 percent of those living in villages reject him - the results of a January survey of a thousand people were presented.
MTI
