FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl polarizes the population like no other federal politician. He faces widespread distrust outside his supporters. A survey before the National Council elections showed that only 27 percent trusted the FPÖ chairman.
However, that was back in August. According to the APA/OGM trust index, 69 percent of the population did not trust Kickl. “Kickl enjoys extremely high trust among his own electorate and very little among other groups,” says Johannes Klotz of the OGM opinion research institute. In fact, that 27 percent roughly corresponds to the Freedom Party’s result in the National Council elections (28.8 percent).
By comparison, outgoing ÖVP Chancellor Karl Nehammer received 38 percent confidence and 60 percent distrust in August. SPÖ leader Andreas Babler’s values were only slightly better than Kickl’s, with 27 percent trust and 56 percent distrust.
This is how Kickl’s trust values have evolved.
Better Chancellor values
Kickl was slightly better than the competition in the chancellor position. If the population were to directly elect the chancellor, this figure would be between 23 and 32 percent, depending on the institute and methodology. Nehammer would have received only 17 to 28 percent since October, Babler 11 to 26.
For the trust index, OGM has asked several times a year since 2003 how many Austrians trust individual federal politicians and how many do not.
Source: Krone
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