From Iceland — Polls Change Drastically Over Past Few Days

Polls Change Drastically Over Past Few Days

Published April 7, 2016

Andie Sophia Fontaine
Photo by
Art Bicnick

Parliamentary party support changed drastically in the wake of the Panama Papers story, a new Gallup poll shows.

RÚV reports that a Gallup poll conducted from April 4 to April 6 – in the wake of the breaking Panama Papers story that reached Icelanders last Sunday – support for opposition parties saw a significant upswing, while support for the ruling coalition took a statistically insignificant dip.

According to the results, the Pirate Party still has the largest level of support – as they have for over a year now – with 32% saying they would vote for the party if elections were held today, down by about 4% from a last month’s Gallup poll. Support for the ruling coalition of the Independence Party and the Progressive Party is currently at 22% and 11%, respectively, which is only slightly less than their standing last month.

However, significant changes in levels of support were observed amongst opposition parties. The Left-Greens went from 11% to 17% between polls, ranking higher than they have since the summer of 2011. At the same time, support for Bright Future went from about 2% to 5.6%. Meanwhile, support for the Social Democrats decreased a bit, going from 10% to 8%.

The results are similar to another recent poll, conducted by Fréttablaðið/Stöð 2/Vísir, although the Social Democrats and the Pirates rose in support in that particular poll.

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