The support to Iceland's Pirate Party is 43% according to a new opinion poll conducted for Fréttablaðið newspaper and Channel 2 TV station. The Pirate’s support has soared following revelations about the Prime Minister, the Financial Minister and the Minister of the Interiors having connections to companies listed in off shore tax havens.
Read more: A no-confidence motion looms as thousands demand PM resign over ties to tax-havens
The Pirates have been the Iceland’s far most popular party for more than a year but their support has never been measured higher. According to the poll they have 21.4% points lead on the party in second place, the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), or almost double the support.
The Pirates received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections.
Iceland's next general elections should be in the spring of 2017 but might be as soon as this spring or autumn if the coalition government, made up of the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) and the Independence Party, does not survive the current crisis, which is the most likely scenario.
The coalition parties were voted into power with 51.1% of the votes in the spring of 2013, but their support has tanked. Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson's Progressive Party is supported by 7.9% in the poll but received 26.7% of the votes in 2013.
The Independence Party is supported by 21.6% but received 26.7% of the votes in 2013. The Independence Party has been Iceland’s dominant party for decades, apart for a few short periods.
Iceland’s two established left and social democratic parties, that formed a coalition government between 2009 and 2013, rebound slightly after enduring meager support in recent opinion polls.
The Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð) has an 11.2% support, received 10.9% in the 2013 elections, and the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 10.2% share of the support in the poll down from 12.9% in the elections.
The social democratic party Bright Future (Björt Framtíð), founded in 2012, has 3.8% 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 shows a very strong movement away from the conservative right wing policy of Iceland’s current government.
The support to Iceland's Pirate Party is 43% according to a new opinion poll conducted for Fréttablaðið newspaper and Channel 2 TV station. The Pirate’s support has soared following revelations about the Prime Minister, the Financial Minister and the Minister of the Interiors having connections to companies listed in off shore tax havens.
Read more: A no-confidence motion looms as thousands demand PM resign over ties to tax-havens
The Pirates have been the Iceland’s far most popular party for more than a year but their support has never been measured higher. According to the poll they have 21.4% points lead on the party in second place, the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), or almost double the support.
The Pirates received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections.
Iceland's next general elections should be in the spring of 2017 but might be as soon as this spring or autumn if the coalition government, made up of the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) and the Independence Party, does not survive the current crisis, which is the most likely scenario.
The coalition parties were voted into power with 51.1% of the votes in the spring of 2013, but their support has tanked. Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson's Progressive Party is supported by 7.9% in the poll but received 26.7% of the votes in 2013.
The Independence Party is supported by 21.6% but received 26.7% of the votes in 2013. The Independence Party has been Iceland’s dominant party for decades, apart for a few short periods.
Iceland’s two established left and social democratic parties, that formed a coalition government between 2009 and 2013, rebound slightly after enduring meager support in recent opinion polls.
The Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð) has an 11.2% support, received 10.9% in the 2013 elections, and the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 10.2% share of the support in the poll down from 12.9% in the elections.
The social democratic party Bright Future (Björt Framtíð), founded in 2012, has 3.8% 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 shows a very strong movement away from the conservative right wing policy of Iceland’s current government.
