Analyses and research
Analyses and research
- Energetic Campaign
- During the parliamentary elections on April 12, there was a group of municipalities that received special attention from Republikon. These are the villages and towns where some kind of battery manufacturing facility is in operation. It is worth observing how the Göd scandal affected support for the ruling party in those localities where similar ...
More - BBC standard after the elections?
- One of the Republikon Institute’s key projects last year was an 11-month monitoring of public media. Between February and December, we reviewed and analyzed all of M1’s 7:30 p.m. news broadcasts and concluded that, based on our findings, the public media operated by MTVA does not meet public service standards. However, since Tisza won the electi...
More - Village and city - who do they vote for?
- This analysis examines support for the Tisza Party and Fidesz by settlement size based on the results of Sunday’s election. The data includes not only the number of votes but also the proportion these votes represent within each category. This allows us to evaluate the parties’ performance not only in absolute numbers but also in terms of relati...
More - „I humbly offer my services!”
- A central element of the 2026 Fidesz campaign was to highlight Viktor Orbán’s experience, age, and the resulting suitability for the office of prime minister. The ruling parties are striving to highlight Orbán’s experience, seriousness, and importance on the international stage, while portraying Péter Magyar as a scandal-prone tabloid figure and...
More - The murmurs of battle during the final stretch
- In the final stretch of the 2026 election campaign, the governing parties essentially shifted targets: in Fidesz’s communication, President Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people became the "enemy" to be defeated instead of Péter Magyar and the Tisza Party. The new stake of the election became the choice between drifting into war or staying out of i...
More - Republikon’s latest party preference survey is now available
- If parliamentary elections were held this Sunday, a four-party parliament would likely be formed, with Tisza, Fidesz–KDNP, Mi Hazánk, and the Two-Tailed Dog Party entering the National Assembly. In February, party preferences changed only within the margin of error. The Tisza Party continues to hold a stable lead over the governing parties. The ...
More - Popularity indicators of Hungarian politicians
- We often refer to our monthly party preference survey as a ”popularity contest”, but in the 2026 election race, voter preferences are more indicative of the individual political personas of politicians, rather than political parties. Voters primarily follow the media duel between Péter Magyar and Viktor Orbán, who are the leaders of the two curr...
More - Party support in October
- In October, the Tisza Party is ahead of Fidesz-KDNP by 6 percentage points among the entire population, 30 percent would vote for Péter Magyar’s party. TISZA has gained 2 percentage points among the party voters, resulting in an 8-percentage-point lead over the current government parties, making the score 43-35. 44 percent of the decided voters ...
More - One year of public media II.
- Democratic control, transparency, and impartiality in the operation of public service media are key to a free public sphere and informed decision-making by voters. The joint monitoring report by the Republikon Institute and Connect Europe, which is the first half-yearly report of a one-year project, for the period February-July 2025, attempts to...
More - Party preferences - August
- In August, the balance of power between the parties changed within the margin of error. The Tisza Party leads over Fidesz-KDNP by 4 percentage points among the total population, by 5 percentage points among party voters, and by 6 percentage points among committed party voters. The score is 30-26 among the total population, 39-34 among party vote...
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