The year 2024 reminded us how quickly the balance of power between parties can shift, even suddenly and unpredictably. The party preferences of Hungarian voters changed radically in 2024, with support for the governing parties falling sharply and the Tisza Party upending the opposition voter base. In contrast to party preferences, voters' values change slowly, and in a sense the socialist mindset, which can be traced back to the previous century, still determines the worldview of Hungarians today. Most value studies regularly reveal that even Hungarians who consider themselves liberal actually hold left-wing values. Although it is rare to survey voters' values, after such a busy year we felt the need to follow up: at the end of the year we looked at how the Hungarian population defines itself, how they think about the state and where they see Hungary's place in world politics.
You can access the whole study in English at this link.
Fidesz, Tisza, values, Hungary, liberal, left-wing, right-wing, conservative, foreign policy, worldviews, governance, 2024