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, […]
Tag: Norstat
Labour crashes to ‘lowest since 1924’ after sexual harassment crisis
Last night’s Norstat poll for NRK is one that is already making Norwegian political history. The full impact of the crisis gripping the opposition Labour Party (AP), for so long the country’s dominant force, hits homes as it slumps to just 20.1 per cent support. Were the poll findings to be applied to historic election […]
Extraordinary first week of UK campaign polling
If Theresa May’s decision last Tuesday to call a UK General Election was a surprise, the eight days since have continued to shock in opinion polling terms. The already enormous leads enjoyed by the ruling Conservatives have somehow grown further, the UK Independence Party’s support has tumbled, and the Labour Party is under threat in […]
Review: Norwegian polling in March
Eleven nationwide opinion polls were published in Norway in March, along with a dozen county-level surveys. Three of the national polls came from Norstat (two for Vart Land and one for NRK), while InFact, unusually, produced work for the Centre Party as well as for regular client the VG newspaper. The key theme […]
Highest ratings since 1997 for Norway’s Centre Party
There have been four new national polls out today and yesterday in Norway, plus several county-level surveys. With six months to parliamentary elections, there is more delight for the surging Centre Party (SP), which is consolidating its support above 10 per cent as the Conservative-led coalition struggles to the end of its term. In the […]
Review: Norwegian polling in February
There were a total of nine nationwide polls carried out in Norway in February by eight polling organisations (Norstat produced work for both Vart Land and NRK) as well as a number of county-level surveys. Momentum during the month lay with the Centre Party (SP), which advanced its average score from 7.8 per cent in […]