Hungarian Opposition May Struggle to Unite Voters, Poll Says
- Divide between left-wing, Jobbik voters seen hard to bridge
- Index cites joint survey with Zavecz Research on voting trends
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The majority of Hungarian opposition voters wouldn’t vote outside their own political camp, even if that was needed to defeat Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party in the April 8 election, a survey by the Index news website and polling company Zavecz Research showed Tuesday.
Forces opposing Orban’s poll-leading Fidesz party, galvanized by a municipal by-election victory last month, need to overcome divisions within their ranks to oust the premier. They include Jobbik, a radical nationalist group that’s been moving toward the political center and a collection of leftist, liberal and green parties that have a history of bickering among themselves and have traditionally avoided alliances with Jobbik.