Analyses and research
Analyses and research
- To vote, or not to vote? That is the question
- ● Opinion polls indicate an extremely high willingness to vote ahead of the 2026 election.
● Voter turnout in elections following the transition to democracy has fluctuated, but it has clearly moved in tandem with the perception of how much is at stake in the elections.
● The record is still held by the 2002 election, but this could be broken th...
More - Republikon’s latest party preference poll is now available! - Party support in March 2026
- Two weeks before the election, Tisza has gained ground within the margin of error, widening its lead over Fidesz-KDNP. Péter Magyar’s party leads Fidesz-KDNP by 6 percentage points among the general population, with the score at 37-31. Among party voters and definite party voters, Tisza leads by 9 percentage points, with the score at 49-40 in bo...
More - Annual public media monitoring 2025
- On February 1, 2025, the Republikon Institute began daily monitoring of the evening news broadcast on the public media channel M1, which airs at 7:30 p.m., as part of a one-year project. The aim of the project is to determine the validity of criticisms directed at public media, which claim that its function is to support government communication...
More - An Ocean of Problems
- Voters consider the poor state of the Hungarian economy and the high cost of living to be the most serious problem, according to Republikon’s survey conducted alongside its February party preference measurement.
The full report is available at the following link.
More - What Do We Know About the Undecided?
- In Hungary, approximately 23 percent of the adult population (1.8 million people) remains undecided, a group characterized by being predominantly over 40, residents of rural towns, and concerned primarily with economic and cost-of-living issues. While 35 percent of these voters would prefer Péter Magyar as Prime Minister compared to 20 percent f...
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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