The voters are not particularly pleased with the new right-wing coalition, a poll conducted by the polling firm MMR reveals. The poll, which was taken on January 10, the same day as the leaders of the conservative Independence party, center-right Restoration and centrist Bright Future unveiled the coalition agreement, shows that only 39.3% support the three parties, down from the 46.7% they received in the October 29 elections. The three parties have a narrow one MP majority in Parliament.
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The poll shows that the conservative Independence party has lost 3%, from 29% down to 26.1%. The centrist Bright Future also loses support, dropping from 7.2% to 6.3%. The biggest loser is the center-right Restoration, which loses more than a third of its support, dropping from 10.5% to 6.9%.
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Only one political party makes significant gains: The leftist Left-Green Movement. In the October 29 elections the Left-Greens received 15.9%, but now enjoy the support of 24.3% of voters. The poll registers almost no changes in the support for the other opposition parties, anti-establishment Pirate Party, the small Social-Democratic Alliance and the center-right Progress Party.
Major gains for opposition, led by Left-Greens
The newspaper Fréttatíminn analyzes the findings of the poll, finding that if elections were held today the ruling coalition parties would be unable to form a government, their combined strength dropping to 26 MPs from 32. The Independence Party and Restoration would lose 3 MPs each, while the Left Greens would gain 6.
Gunnar Smári Egilsson, the editor of Fréttatíminn which has been critical of the current coalition parties and the new government, points out that the poll shows the extremely precarious position the government is in. Iceland has experienced significant political turmoil since the fall of 2008 when the Icelandic financial system crashed.
The voters are not particularly pleased with the new right-wing coalition, a poll conducted by the polling firm MMR reveals. The poll, which was taken on January 10, the same day as the leaders of the conservative Independence party, center-right Restoration and centrist Bright Future unveiled the coalition agreement, shows that only 39.3% support the three parties, down from the 46.7% they received in the October 29 elections. The three parties have a narrow one MP majority in Parliament.
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The poll shows that the conservative Independence party has lost 3%, from 29% down to 26.1%. The centrist Bright Future also loses support, dropping from 7.2% to 6.3%. The biggest loser is the center-right Restoration, which loses more than a third of its support, dropping from 10.5% to 6.9%.
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Only one political party makes significant gains: The leftist Left-Green Movement. In the October 29 elections the Left-Greens received 15.9%, but now enjoy the support of 24.3% of voters. The poll registers almost no changes in the support for the other opposition parties, anti-establishment Pirate Party, the small Social-Democratic Alliance and the center-right Progress Party.
Major gains for opposition, led by Left-Greens
The newspaper Fréttatíminn analyzes the findings of the poll, finding that if elections were held today the ruling coalition parties would be unable to form a government, their combined strength dropping to 26 MPs from 32. The Independence Party and Restoration would lose 3 MPs each, while the Left Greens would gain 6.
Gunnar Smári Egilsson, the editor of Fréttatíminn which has been critical of the current coalition parties and the new government, points out that the poll shows the extremely precarious position the government is in. Iceland has experienced significant political turmoil since the fall of 2008 when the Icelandic financial system crashed.