Currently, 7 out of 10 Hungarians believe that Péter Márki-Zay cannot defeat Viktor Orbán in the spring parliamentary elections, according to the latest Századvég poll.
In the survey, they examined what politically active Hungarians think of Péter Márki-Zay in terms of certain qualities that are decisive from the point of view of public activity, also covering the public's assessment of some of the statements of the left-wing prime minister candidate.
Századvég reported: based on the research, it can be stated that the majority of Hungarians have a negative opinion of Péter Márki-Zay's personal qualities of political significance.
They added that 53 percent of those surveyed believe that the left-liberal prime minister candidate cannot be said to be strong and decisive, while 56 percent of them question the politician's Christian, conservative commitment. According to 59 percent of the respondents, Márki-Zay does not put the Hungarian people first, while 37 percent expressed the opposite opinion.
The fact that 62 percent of Hungarians do not consider him to be a straightforward and honest politician, and only 30 percent of them think that he is "one of us" who represents the interests of ordinary people, shows the distrust of the population towards the mayor of Hódmezővásárhely, the summary of the survey reads.
According to the research, 70 percent of those surveyed believe that Péter Márki-Zay cannot defeat the reigning prime minister, while 25 percent expect the left-wing candidate to win in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
"So it can be seen that the left-wing optimism following the primary election victory of the politician from Hódmezővásárhely has waned, the background of which presumably lies in the fact that several of Péter Márki-Zay's statements cannot be reconciled with the values of the Hungarian voters," they noted.
It was highlighted: this is supported by the fact that 72 percent of the respondents do not agree with the left-wing prime minister's candidate's claim that it is better for the health sector to operate on a business basis, and 74 percent oppose the politician's proposal to privatize hospitals and clinics.
In addition, 72 percent of those surveyed objected that Péter Márki-Zay used the term "disabled" in a negative sense in a political statement, while 71 percent disagreed with the fact that the city manager of Hódmezővásárhely called the supporters of the utility reduction program "mushrooms fed with manure" - read the in summary.
Századvég noted: it is also interesting that Péter Márki-Zay's health policy program writer, Gabriella Lantos, spoke in an interview in 2017 about the need to introduce a basic health care fee, which she would also make pensioners pay. The survey points out that 73 percent of Hungarians reject the introduction of the new public burden proposed by Márki-Zay's consultant, while only 19 percent of the respondents would support the implementation of the idea, they wrote.
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