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Orban’s Support Craters Before Hungary’s Election

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Viktor OrbanPhotographer: Attila Kisbenedek/Getty Images

Prime Minister Viktor Orban received a sobering reality check after an independent poll showed his party trailing by 20 points among decided voters ahead of Hungary’s April 12 election.

Such a result would give the opposition Tisza party of Peter Magyar a supermajority in parliament, allowing it to move quickly to reverse Hungary’s slide toward authoritarianism after 16 years of Orban rule.