The support for Iceland’s Pirate Party as the country’s far most popular party is unwavering, According to a brand new opinion poll by Market and Media Research (MMR), the Pirates have the support of 35.3% of the nation and is 12.6 points larger than the party in second place.
The Pirates received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections, meaning that support for the party is seven times larger now than in the elections. This big support for the Pirates has been very consistent in various polls published in 2015.
The coalition government, made up of the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) and the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), remains deeply 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 coalition parties are slightly less unpopular apart than together.
The Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), is supported by 23.7% 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, keeps on being stuck with less than half of the support it received in the 2013 elections, measuring 10.8%, down from 24.4%.
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The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 10.5% share of the support in MMR's poll, down from 12.9% in the elections, the Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð) has an 9.9% support (10.9%) in the elections, and Bright Future (Björt Framtíð) has 4.6% (8.2% in the elections).
No party, that does not have members at Alþingi, Iceland's parliament, receives support above 2 percent.
Iceland's next genereal elections are planned in the spring of 2017.
The support for Iceland’s Pirate Party as the country’s far most popular party is unwavering, According to a brand new opinion poll by Market and Media Research (MMR), the Pirates have the support of 35.3% of the nation and is 12.6 points larger than the party in second place.
The Pirates received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections, meaning that support for the party is seven times larger now than in the elections. This big support for the Pirates has been very consistent in various polls published in 2015.
The coalition government, made up of the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) and the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), remains deeply 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 coalition parties are slightly less unpopular apart than together.
The Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), is supported by 23.7% 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, keeps on being stuck with less than half of the support it received in the 2013 elections, measuring 10.8%, down from 24.4%.
Read more: Prime minister’s party flirts with islamophobia and anti-gay views
The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 10.5% share of the support in MMR's poll, down from 12.9% in the elections, the Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð) has an 9.9% support (10.9%) in the elections, and Bright Future (Björt Framtíð) has 4.6% (8.2% in the elections).
No party, that does not have members at Alþingi, Iceland's parliament, receives support above 2 percent.
Iceland's next genereal elections are planned in the spring of 2017.
