Majority Of Left-Wing Voters Oppose Boycott
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
The majority of left-wing voters are against boycotting the Oct. 2 migrant quota referendum, a survey by the Századvég Foundation shows. In the referendum Hungarians will be asked: “Do you want to allow the European Union to mandate the resettlement of non-Hungarian citizens to Hungary without the approval of parliament?” Századvég’s survey, carried out earlier this month, found an increase in the number of likely participants in the referendum, as well as an overwhelming lead for the “no” camp.
Fully 55% of respondents said they would definitely participate in the referendum compared with 52% in August.
A further 22% said they were likely to vote and 20% said they would sit out the referendum.
A total of 78% of respondents said they would vote “no” in the referendum compared to 3% who said they would vote “yes”.
Századvég found that 81% of Hungarians are against boycotting the referendum, with even 51% of respondents identifying as left wing opposing the idea.
Altogether 91% of Századvég’s sample identifying as right wing and 82% of self-declared centrists were against boycotting the vote.
The phone survey was carried out on September 6-10 with a sample of 1,000 citizens.
Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
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