A new opinion poll by Market and Media Research (MMR) shows a very solid support for Iceland’s Pirate Party as the country’s far most popular party. According to the poll the Pirates have the support of 35.3% of the nation making them 12.6 points larger than the party in second place.
MMR has now measured the Pirates as Iceland’s most popular party for nine consecutive months. This big support for the Pirates has been very consistent in all opinion polls published in 2015.
The Pirates received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections. Iceland's next genereal elections are planned in the spring of 2017.
The coalition government, made up of the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) and the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), remains unpopular. MMR measures its support at 33.1%, or 2.2 points lower than the support for the Pirates. The coalition parties were voted into power with 51.1% of the votes in the spring of 2013.
The Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), is supported by 22.9% in the new MMR poll but received 26.7% of the votes in 2013. The Independence Party has been Iceland’s largest party for decades, apart for a few short periods,
The other half of the coalition, prime minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson's Progressive Party, rebounds slightly after being stuck for months with less than half of the 24.4% support it received in the 2013 elections. MMR measures its support now at 12.9%.
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Iceland’s two established left and social democratic parties, that formed a coalition government between 2009 and 2013, are facing bitter crisis. The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 9.4% share of the support in MMR's poll, down from 12.9% in the elections, the Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð) has an 9.4% support (10.9%) in the elections.
The social democratic party Bright Future (Björt Framtíð), founded in 2012, has 4.6% but received 8.2% in the elections.
The Pirate Party’s huge popularity is the obvious reason for the historically low support for the left and social democratic parties. Combined support to those parties however show a very strong movement away from the conservative right wing policy of Iceland’s current government.
No party, that does not have members at Alþingi, Iceland's parliament, receives support above 2 percent in MMR’s poll.
A new opinion poll by Market and Media Research (MMR) shows a very solid support for Iceland’s Pirate Party as the country’s far most popular party. According to the poll the Pirates have the support of 35.3% of the nation making them 12.6 points larger than the party in second place.
MMR has now measured the Pirates as Iceland’s most popular party for nine consecutive months. This big support for the Pirates has been very consistent in all opinion polls published in 2015.
The Pirates received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections. Iceland's next genereal elections are planned in the spring of 2017.
The coalition government, made up of the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) and the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), remains unpopular. MMR measures its support at 33.1%, or 2.2 points lower than the support for the Pirates. The coalition parties were voted into power with 51.1% of the votes in the spring of 2013.
The Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), is supported by 22.9% in the new MMR poll but received 26.7% of the votes in 2013. The Independence Party has been Iceland’s largest party for decades, apart for a few short periods,
The other half of the coalition, prime minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson's Progressive Party, rebounds slightly after being stuck for months with less than half of the 24.4% support it received in the 2013 elections. MMR measures its support now at 12.9%.
Read more: Prime minister’s party flirts with islamophobia and anti-gay views
Iceland’s two established left and social democratic parties, that formed a coalition government between 2009 and 2013, are facing bitter crisis. The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 9.4% share of the support in MMR's poll, down from 12.9% in the elections, the Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð) has an 9.4% support (10.9%) in the elections.
The social democratic party Bright Future (Björt Framtíð), founded in 2012, has 4.6% but received 8.2% in the elections.
The Pirate Party’s huge popularity is the obvious reason for the historically low support for the left and social democratic parties. Combined support to those parties however show a very strong movement away from the conservative right wing policy of Iceland’s current government.
No party, that does not have members at Alþingi, Iceland's parliament, receives support above 2 percent in MMR’s poll.
