The majority of his followers believe in Péter Magyar rather than their own eyes - just like in a sect.

Péter Magyar's movements are most persistently followed by people around retirement age and pensioners. They are also the most critical of everything that happened to the president of the Tisza Party over the past year. All of this is revealed by the Publicus Institute's latest, targeted public opinion survey.

Index obtained the Publicus Institute's latest research, in which the voters' opinion of Péter Magyar's public life was examined. The survey conducted between June 28 and July 4, on a representative telephone sample of 1,000 people, investigated two topics through these two questions:

• Péter Magyar, although he previously promised otherwise, has now taken a seat in the European Parliament. Do you think you made the right decision?

• Did you hear that Péter Magyar, the vice-president of the Tisza party, got into a fight at a nightclub in the capital, flirted with young girls and was thrown out by security guards, and may have thrown a phone into the Danube?

The Brussels mandate that was taken up

Péter Magyar had previously ruled out sitting as a representative in the European Parliament, and then changed his position and made the acceptance of his mandate dependent on the position of his followers by asking strongly directed questions. interview with Telex, he justified this by saying that he was much more pessimistic about the results before the elections, but with the 7 mandates won by the Tisza Party, a fundamentally different situation arose than he had expected during the campaign. He admitted that he makes decisions that should not be made at that moment, he said that it is part of the "Péter Magyar phenomenon", that he is human and makes mistakes.

39 percent of all surveyed respondents believed that this decision was rather wrong, while 38 percent said that it was the right decision. Those with a higher education level were more likely to approve of the decision. 41 percent of those with a maximum of 8 primary education did not agree with the appointment of the mandate, but only 34 percent of those with a higher education did not agree.

According to Lókóhely, the people living in the apartment building mostly agreed with Péter Magyar's decision.

Night in Ötkert

The politician also stated in the aforementioned interview that he learned many lessons from the "party scandal" that occurred at the Ötkert nightclub, his main conclusion being that as the leader of a "30 percent party" he is no longer a private individual. He has to choose between himself and the political entity, he declared that for two years Péter Magyar did not exist as an individual.

The Publicus Institute's research shows that most people in Budapest (by definition) have heard of Péter Magyar's nocturnal story, based on the age distribution, those over 60, while the fewest are between 18 and 29.

The polling company also looked at what those who heard about what happened, according to their party preferences, thought about whether there really was a fight in a nightclub. Most supporters of the Fidesz-KDNP thought it was true that this could have happened, followed by opposition voters, and least of all supporters of the Tisza Party, but he was also the majority among them: 61 percent.

59 percent of the supporters of the Tisza Party agreed with the fact that he danced with young girls in a manner unworthy of a leading politician, while most of the voters of the governing parties (87 percent) thought so.

They also asked how the opinion of Péter Magyar changed as a result of all these events. Among the respondents, Péter Magyar's reputation deteriorated the most among the 60+ age group (33 percent); while least among Tisza Party voters and in the eyes of representatives of the youngest generation.

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