After the sensational polling month of January, which saw support for Norway’s Labour Party (AP) slump in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal and a leadership crisis, there was a small narrowing of the average gap with the ruling Conservatives (Hoyre) in February. Labour bounced back from some of its historic lows in February, […]
Month: February 2018
Strong backing for Irish President Higgins while Fianna Fail moves up in voting intentions
Ireland’s biggest opposition party, Fianna Fail, moves up three points in this weekend’s poll by Red C for the Sunday Business Post – its best score in this series since March 2016. Red C pollster Richard Colwell attributes Fianna Fail’s gain to its recent positioning in favour of more rural funding and protecting mortgage holders. […]
Election result: Tirol regional parliament 2018
There was comfort for all three of Austria’s main parties in today’s regional election in the Tirol, with gains in vote share for national ruling coalition partners the People’s Party (OVP) and Freedom Party (FPO) as well the main opposition Social Democrats (SPO). With 44 per cent of the votes, the OVP adds a second […]
AfD overtakes SPD in historic German poll
Very few opinion polls can be said to be truly ‘historic’ but today’s survey by INSA for the Bild newspaper does fit that description. For the first time during the Federal Republic the Social Democrats (SPD) fall into third place in an opinion poll – and for the first time since its founding in 2013 […]
Fine Gael opens up 11 point lead in Ireland
The minority government of Fine Gael soars four points in today’s Behaviour & Attitudes polling for the Sunday Times, reaching 36 per cent of voting intentions and opening an eleven point lead over the main opposition Fianna Fail (down one to 25 per cent). This is Fine Gael’s best poll with B & A since […]
Election result: Monaco National Council 2018
The newly-created Primo! list led by former National Council President Stéphane Valeri swept to victory in yesterday’s parliamentary elections in the Principality of Monaco. Primo! took 21 of the 24 seats available for the legislature of the tiny Mediterranean enclave, obtaining an absolute majority of the votes cast. Horizon Monaco, which had dominated the previous […]