The biggest opposition party in Finland, the Social Democrats (SDP), moves into the lead in an opinion poll for the first time since February 2017 thanks to today’s survey from Taloustutkimus for national broadcaster YLE. With an uptick of 2.3 points compared to the February YLE poll, the SDP are above 20 per cent of […]
Author: Andrew Cornwell
Labour dominates St David’s Day poll in Wales, no momentum for independence
The annual opinion poll for St David’s Day, the Welsh national day, produced by ICM for BBC Wales, shows practically no movement in support for any of the different approaches to the Principality’s future. Only 7 per cent of respondents support independence for Wales, up just one point on 2017’s survey. There is no real […]
Small recovery for Norway’s crisis-hit Labour Party in February polls
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, […]
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 […]