GEOCITIZEN'S UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO SLOVAK POLITICS / by Miro Sedivy

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Miro Sedivy
Preferences
Preferences of different political subjects, institutions and personalities, according to public inquiries performed by official agencies in Slovakia.



FOCUS Agency Apr 1998 Mar 1998 Jan 1998
SDK - Slovak Democratic Coalition 24.5% 29.1% 32.5%
HZDS - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 21.9% 23.6% 22.7%
SOP - Party of the Civic Comprehension 17.2% 11.0% ----
SDL - Party of the Democratic Left 9.7% 9.0% 11.4%
MK - Magyar Coalition 9.6% 10.1% 10.9%
SNS - Slovak National Party 7.0% 6.6% 8.9%





IVO Agency
The most popular politician in Slovakia
Mar 1998 Oct 1997
Vladimir Meciar (HZDS) 29.1% 32.5%
Mikulas Dzurinda (SDK) 14.8% 13.3%
Ivan Gasparovic (HZDS) 12.1% 13.9%
Rudolf Schuster (SOP) 11.9% 5.1%
Peter Weiss (SDL) 7.0% 8.5%
Eduard Kukan (SDK) 7.0% 5.1%
Sergej Kozlik (HZDS) 5.7% 3.4%
Jan Slota (SNS) 5.3% 4.8%
Bela Bugar (MK) 5.0% 6.2%
Robert Fico (SDL) 4.5% 3.8%
Jan Carnogursky (SDK) 3.9% 6.5%
Jozef Moravcik (SDK) 3.7% 5.2%
Milan Cic (chairman of the Constitutional Court) 3.3% 5.5%
Jozef Migas (SDL) 2.9% 2.4%
Brigita Schmognerova (SDL) 2.8% 2.8%
Jan Luptak (ZRS) 2.8% 3.9%
Michal Kovac (ex-president) 2.3% 13.0%
Ivan Simko (SDK) 2.1% 1.5%





MVK Agency Feb 1998 Nov 1997
SDK - Slovak Democratic Coalition 23.5% 32.4%
HZDS - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 23.2% 20.5%
SOP - Party of the Civic Comprehension 14.8% ----
SDL - Party of the Democratic Left 11.7% 12.5%
MK - Magyar Coalition 10.7% 8.8%
SNS - Slovak National Party 8.8% 7.1%
KSS - Communist Party of Slovakia 3.1% 3.2%
ZRS - Association of the Slovak Workers 2.4% 2.9%





MARKANT Agency Mar 1998
HZDS - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 22.3%
SDK - Slovak Democratic Coalition 19.1%
SOP - Party of the Civic Comprehension 16.3%
SDL - Party of the Democratic Left 14.3%
SNS - Slovak National Party 9.9%
MK - Magyar Coalition 6.8%





Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) - (October 1997) Comparison of vote preferences by the whole population and those young people, aged 17-20 (about 10% of the whole population), who will vote for the first time in September 1998.

Which political party or a coalition would you vote for? FIRST-VOTERS
(17-20 years)
THE WHOLE
POPULATION
SDK - Slovak Democratic Coalition 40.3% 31.1%
HZDS - Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 14.2% 25.7%
SDL - Party of the Democratic Left 13.4% 11.2%
SNS - Slovak National Party 11.2% 6.8%
MK - Magyar Coalition 7.5% 11.1%
ZRS - Association of the Slovak Workers 3.7% 4.2%
KSS - Communist Party of Slovakia 3.0% 4.6%
Other parties 6.7% 5.3%





PREFERENCES of SDK and HZDS
KMG agency, November 19-30 1997
Slovak Democratic
Coalition
Movement for
a Democratic Slovakia
BA Bratislava 27.5% 17.7%
TT Trnava 25.3% 27.5%
TN Trencin 25.0% 29.6%
NR Nitra 34.8% 15.1%
ZA Zilina 29.4% 24.5%
BB Banska Bystrica 14.7% 16.5%
KE Kosice 36.9% 7.4%
PO Presov 37.0% 17.1%