Anti-Wilders Tactical Vote May Benefit Rutte as Dutch Decide
- Estimated 30% of voters considering backing another party
- Poll evidence shows strategy is motivating Liberal backers
The Anti-Islam Populist Who Wants to Run the Netherlands
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For some Dutch voters, it’s more important to take a stance against Geert Wilders than to back the party they really want.
Amsterdam-based entrepreneur Wouter Smook has switched his support to Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberal party, known as the VVD in Dutch, from the Christian Democrats ahead of next week’s general election. His aim -- to help build up the Liberals and stop Wilders’s populist Freedom Party from winning.