Orbán ‘winner’ of epidemic – Poll

The proportion of those satisfied with Viktor Orbán’s performance has clearly increased as a result of his management of the coronavirus epidemic, and currently 62 percent of Hungarian society are satisfied with how the Prime Minister has handled the situation, reveals a public opinion poll conducted by Nézőpont Intézet. The Prime Minister’s popularity index has improved significantly in comparison to previous years and even early this year.

While in previous years about half of the Hungarians (50 and 52 percent, respectively), were satisfied with the Prime Minister’s performance, this time around almost two-thirds of the respondents feel this way.

The Prime Minister has clearly benefited politically from effective action against the coronavirus. While in 2018 and 2019 satisfaction with the Prime Minister’s performance was around 50 percent on an annual average (50 and 52 percent, respectively), Viktor Orbán had improved the same indicator as early as the beginning of the year (54 percent). The opinion poll conducted last week shows that currently 6 out of 10 people are behind the head of government (62 percent). The proportion of those dissatisfied with Viktor Orbán’s performance currently makes up less than a third of society. This may be due to the fact that Hungary’s swift and decisive emergency response during the coronavirus epidemic has produced better results in comparison to Western European countries.