The settlement is here, we are its residents

The EP elections in Budapest housing estates

 
 
Oct
22.

The settlement is here, we are its residents - The EP elections in Budapest housing estates

Republikon Intézet
 

Main findings of the analysis:

-The housing estates used to be strongholds of the left, but in the past ten years, Fidesz has also been able to appeal to the people living here more and more

-If we compare the results of the housing estates with the districts, we can see that Tisza performed slightly worse in the housing estates than in the districts hosting them, while Fidesz and DK-MSZP-P did slightly better

-There are much greater differences between the individual housing estates than between the housing estates and the districts that host them, but the parties weaken or strengthen to a similar degree in the different housing estates, so we cannot speak of a "partisan" housing estate in particular

-While in 2022 many people read from the results that Fidesz had completely taken over the former role of the left in the housing estates, in this year's elections they achieved a relative result that was even worse than their results in 2018 in these places

-The housing estates therefore did not become Fidesz voters, the housing estate results follow the local party preference relatively well

-The reason for this is presumably that, contrary to stereotypes, housing estates are rather heterogeneous in terms of income, education, social status and worldview