Fifty days before the election, the absolute majority supports Viktor Orbán!
The great majority of active Hungarian voters, 58 percent, want Viktor Orbán, who held an annual evaluation yesterday, as prime minister, and the popularity of the incumbent prime minister has been consistently above 50 percent in the last 12 weeks. The support of his left-wing challenger, Péter Márki-Zay, is significantly lower at the start of the campaign period: at the beginning of February, only 24 percent of active voters said they wanted him as prime minister, which is the second worst figure since November 2021, according to a poll by the Center for Fundamental Rights. which summarizes the data of the last 12 weeks.
In the last six weeks of 2021 and the first six weeks of 2022, the nationally representative surveys measured what percentage of active voters would like to see Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and left-wing prime minister candidate Péter Márki-Zay as prime minister. The research trends show that the respondents said that they wanted Viktor Orbán as prime minister in a proportion exceeding the absolute majority. The popularity of the head of government, who has been in office since 2010, remains unbroken: in the past 12 weeks, the percentage of active respondents supporting him ranged from 52 to 61 percent - it is now 58 percent.
Source: Center for Fundamental Rights
On the other hand, the popularity of Péter Márki-Zay, who had the full support of Ferenc Gyurcsány based on his annual assessment, decreased in the last data collection: the left-wing prime minister candidate was supported by only 24 percent of active voters in the fourth week of 2022, that is, less than a quarter of them would like to see him in the position of prime minister. The national popularity index of the Hódmezővásárhely mayor has been low week after week since the beginning of the surveys. Towards the end of last year, his support reached an all-time low: then 22 percent said they wanted him to be prime minister - he was only able to improve on this by two percent.
Source: Center for Fundamental Rights
Péter Márki-Zay's lag can still be so significant because week after week he singles out a specific social group: he has already called rural people ignorant, mocked pensioners or called those who support the child protection law stupid. In addition, he has previously criticized the reduction in utilities, the minimum wage, the 13th monthly pension and the official price cap on basic foodstuffs.
2022Plusz: But let's never forget that even though the "running fool" Péter Márki-Zay will lead the list of the left, voters will not see his name on the ballot or in the individual districts. Even in the event of a possible left-wing victory, it is unlikely that Márki-Zay would be prime minister, at most for a while, or not at all.
But don't let anyone fall asleep with his cane running! Fidesz has not won yet! You have to go vote for that! The campaign is in full swing. Alarm clock!
Source: Hungarian Nation
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