Iceland’s Pirate Party is the country’s most popular party according to a new opinion poll. General elections are planned in Iceland in October.
The opinion poll was made for local newspaper Morgunblaðið (Icelandic) by The Social Science Research Institute, which is an academic research institute within the University of Iceland.
The Pirates enjoy the support of 29.9% of the nation. This big support has been very consistent in all opinion polls published since early 2015. The Pirates received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections.
According to the poll the conservative right-wing Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) is supported by 22.7% of the nation. The party received 26.7% of the votes in the 2013 elections and forms Iceland’s coalition government with the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn), which is supported by 11.1%. That is down by more than half from the last elections when it received 24.4% of the popular vote.
Iceland’s third largest party, according to the poll, is the Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð – VG) with a 15.9% support, up from 10.9% in the 2013 elections.
A new conservative pro-EU party called Viðreisn (Restoration) enjoys a 9.1% support and The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 7.6% share of the support, down from 12.9% in the 2013 elections,
Iceland’s two established left and social democratic parties (Samfylkingin and Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð – VG), that formed Iceland's coalition government between 2009 and 2013, have been facing bitter crisis in recent months, but while VG is rising again Samfylkingin is fighting a deep existential battle.
The Pirate Party’s big popularity is the obvious reason for the low support for the left and social democratic parties. Combined support to those three parties, however shows a strong movement away from the conservative right wing policy of Iceland’s current government.
Iceland’s Pirate Party is the country’s most popular party according to a new opinion poll. General elections are planned in Iceland in October.
The opinion poll was made for local newspaper Morgunblaðið (Icelandic) by The Social Science Research Institute, which is an academic research institute within the University of Iceland.
The Pirates enjoy the support of 29.9% of the nation. This big support has been very consistent in all opinion polls published since early 2015. The Pirates received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections.
According to the poll the conservative right-wing Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) is supported by 22.7% of the nation. The party received 26.7% of the votes in the 2013 elections and forms Iceland’s coalition government with the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn), which is supported by 11.1%. That is down by more than half from the last elections when it received 24.4% of the popular vote.
Iceland’s third largest party, according to the poll, is the Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð – VG) with a 15.9% support, up from 10.9% in the 2013 elections.
A new conservative pro-EU party called Viðreisn (Restoration) enjoys a 9.1% support and The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 7.6% share of the support, down from 12.9% in the 2013 elections,
Iceland’s two established left and social democratic parties (Samfylkingin and Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð – VG), that formed Iceland's coalition government between 2009 and 2013, have been facing bitter crisis in recent months, but while VG is rising again Samfylkingin is fighting a deep existential battle.
The Pirate Party’s big popularity is the obvious reason for the low support for the left and social democratic parties. Combined support to those three parties, however shows a strong movement away from the conservative right wing policy of Iceland’s current government.
