According to a survey by the Republikon Institute, the popularity of DK is already under siege by the yet-to-be-announced party of the former head of the Student Loan Center.

public opinion poll of the Republikon Institute in March talks about, among other things, who people would vote for without Péter Magyar's party, and how the ratio changes if a party that does not yet exist appears on the scene. The research reveals that the number of sure voters increased by 7 percentage points, and the proportion of sure non-voters decreased by 4 percentage points.

In the list that does not yet include Péter Magyar's party, 8 percent of the population and 10 percent of party voters voted for the "other party" in March, after 2-2 percent in February.

As they write, it was already felt in this round that the opposition parties, apart from the alliance, all lost their popularity, both in terms of the population as a whole and among the sure party voters. According to Republikon's measurements, the first figure always refers to the entire population, and the second one to certain voters, so the measurements were as follows:

• Momentum has fallen by 1 and 2 percentage points and currently stands at 5 and 7 percent, respectively;

• the Hungarian Kétfarkú Kutya Párt, with a drop of 1 and 1 percentage point, also stands at 5 and 7 percent;

• Jobbik lost 2 percentage points in both places, so the party currently stands at 1 and 2 percent;

• the support of the LMP decreased by 1-1 percent, currently standing at 2 and 3 percent;

• the popularity of Mi Hazánk only decreased by 1 percent among certain party voters, so it currently stands at 6 and 8 percent;

• the popularity of DK increased by only 1-1 percent, so it remains the strongest opposition party with its 13 and 18 percent;

• MSZP remains unchanged at 3 and 5 percent;

• Párbeszéd only lost 1 percent among party voters, so they are currently measured at 2 percent each;

• Fidesz was still unable to recover after the amnesty case, as it stands at 26 percent among the entire population, and after falling 1 percent, stands at 36 percent among certain party voters.

The People's Party, the Socialists and Democrats, the Movement for Everyone's Hungary and the Second Reform are currently so insignificant that they make up a maximum of 1 percent each of both groups, but there are parties that do not even reach this. In this round, the undecided stood at 27 percent.

Péter Magyar's anti-government demonstration is still taking place in the capital. The gathering, led by the ex-husband of the former Minister of Justice, reached Kossuth Square only with difficulty, as they turned down the wrong street on the way. "We came in on the wrong street, who's that..." said Péter Magyar, then quickly suppressed the stupid end, as he realized that what he was saying was heard on his own Facebook page. By the way, his partner walking next to him self-critically admitted that: "It was us, we paralyzed him!".

Appearance of Péter Magyar

According to Republikon's research, the respondents could have chosen Péter Magyar's non-existent party as an option, so the field was completely turned upside down, so some candidates produced quite surprising numbers.

Although the ruling party thus lost 1 percentage point among the entire population and 2 points among party voters, it is still in a towering lead (25 and 34 percent), Péter Magyar can claim a total of 9 percent from the mainly liberal-conservative opposition.

With this, 11 and 15 percent would vote for the new party, which would bring it closer to the DK and the opposition coalition - if it is named by Péter Magyar. The votes were as follows, first with the numbers for the entire population, and second with the numbers for sure party voters:

• Momentum would thus lose 2 and 3 percent, thus standing at 3 and 4 percent;

• the MKKP would stand at 4 and 5 percent with a loss of 1 and 2 percentage points;

• the DK would lose 1 and 2 percent, so it would lead by only 1-1 points over the Magyars with 12 and 16 percent;

• MSZP would lose 1 point among party voters, so it would stand at 3 and 4 percent;

• Dialogue would remain at 2-2 percent in both groups;

• Mi Hazánk would lose 1 percent of party voters, so it would still stand at 6 and 8 percent;

• Jobbik remains at 1 and 2 percent;

• the LMP would stand at 2 and 3 percent.

According to Republikon's measurements, Péter Magyar could bring together a very strong party from the opposition parties and the undecided. By the way, the proportion of the latter decreased again by 3 percent, to 24, while in the first round the proportion of those who voted for "another party" dropped from 10 percent to 4, so those voters are clearly waiting for the Hungarian party.

Based on Republikon's latest survey, it also notes that the ruling party - although its popularity is constantly decreasing - is probably the least affected by the Péter Magyar phenomenon, but the opposition parties, including Momentum and the Two-Tailed Dog Party, could be in quite a lot of trouble.

They also add that Péter Magyar is targeting the very stratum they have been targeting: voters who prefer "neither Gyurcsányos nor Orbános", right-wing conservative parties.

This can be seen in the results, as Péter Magyar's non-existent party would receive 27 percent of the undecided, 21 percent from Momentum and 23 percent from MKKP, 13 percent from DK, 6 percent from Mi Hazánk, and only 5 percent from Fidesz–KDNP, while the same amount from the LMP–MSZP–Párbeszéd trio.

Péter Magyar can currently offer so much more than the separate parties that he was in the inner circle of Fidesz for decades, so he comes from within the system. This will obviously provide an attack surface - not only for Fidesz - during the campaign, but for now we don't even know in which party Magyar wants to put up a list for the June elections. We will most likely know more after April 6 - the Republikon Institute summarized the research results.

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