According to the latest poll from Gallup Iceland the political sentiment of Icelandic voters has taken a sharp left turn after the formation the new right-wing coalition government. The poll shows all of the coalition parties losing ground after the election while The Left Green Movement and the Social Democratic Alliance make large gains.
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The poll also shows that only 44% support the coalition government, while the combined support of the three coalition parties which make up the government, the conservative Independence Party, center right Restoration and the centrist Bright Future is 40.5% from the 46.7% they received in the October 29 elections. The three parties have a narrow one MP majority in Parliament.
The poll shows that the conservative Independence party has lost 1%, from 29% down to 28%. The center-right Restoration, which loses nearly half of its support, dropping from 10.5% to 5.3%, while the centrist Bright Future polls at 7.2%, the same it received in the elections.
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The two leftist parties make significant gains: The leftist Left-Green Movement. In the October 29 elections the Left-Greens received 15.9%, but now enjoy the support of 22.8% of voters. The poll also registers large gains for the small Social-Democratic Alliance, which 7.3% compared to 5.7% in the elections. The anti-establishment Pirate Party, however, slides, polling at 13.4%, compared to the 14.5% it received on October 29.
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 27 MPs from 32. The Independence Party would lose 2 MPs and Restoration would lose 4 MPs each, while Bright Future gains one. The Left Greens would gain 5 MPs, Social Democratic Alliance would gain 2, The Pirate Party lose one and center right Progress Party would lose one.
According to the latest poll from Gallup Iceland the political sentiment of Icelandic voters has taken a sharp left turn after the formation the new right-wing coalition government. The poll shows all of the coalition parties losing ground after the election while The Left Green Movement and the Social Democratic Alliance make large gains.
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The poll also shows that only 44% support the coalition government, while the combined support of the three coalition parties which make up the government, the conservative Independence Party, center right Restoration and the centrist Bright Future is 40.5% from the 46.7% they received in the October 29 elections. The three parties have a narrow one MP majority in Parliament.
The poll shows that the conservative Independence party has lost 1%, from 29% down to 28%. The center-right Restoration, which loses nearly half of its support, dropping from 10.5% to 5.3%, while the centrist Bright Future polls at 7.2%, the same it received in the elections.
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The two leftist parties make significant gains: The leftist Left-Green Movement. In the October 29 elections the Left-Greens received 15.9%, but now enjoy the support of 22.8% of voters. The poll also registers large gains for the small Social-Democratic Alliance, which 7.3% compared to 5.7% in the elections. The anti-establishment Pirate Party, however, slides, polling at 13.4%, compared to the 14.5% it received on October 29.
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 27 MPs from 32. The Independence Party would lose 2 MPs and Restoration would lose 4 MPs each, while Bright Future gains one. The Left Greens would gain 5 MPs, Social Democratic Alliance would gain 2, The Pirate Party lose one and center right Progress Party would lose one.
