None of Hungary’s politicians are rated positively by voters in the latest Szonda Ipsos popularity survey published in Monday’s Nepszabadsag daily but Viktor Orban, the leader of conservative Fidesz, is the least negatively rated.
Most of Orban’s 45 points out of 100 are thanks to near universal backing by his own camp of voters allied to Fidesz’s own position as by far the most popular party.
Attila Mesterhazy, the prime minister candidate of the governing Socialist party, is in mid-field with 28 points, and behind Gabor Vona (30 points), the leader of radical nationalist party Jobbik.
Lajos Bokros, who heads the Democratic Forum’s campaign for the April 11/25 general election, stands on a par with Mesterhazy.
Polls suggest that Fidesz will win a landslide, but the question that psephologists are concentrating their minds on is whether the Democratic Forum has a chance of winning back its parliamentary seats and whether the second or third force will be Jobbik or the Socialist party.
