Support for CDA slumps in first polls since election in wake of Omtzigt row
Dutch NewsSupport for the Christian Democrats has plummeted in the wake of the row that led to the departure of Pieter Omtzigt, latest opinion polls show. The next largest party, Geert Wilders’s anti-Islamic nationalist PVV, is forecast to take between 14 and 18 seats, in line with its current total of 17. Louwerse said the findings, based on two polls since the election by Ipsos for EenVandaag and I&O Research, were unsurprising given that many party members were unhappy with the treatment of Omtzigt. ‘In the Ipsos/EenVandaag poll CDA voters are mainly switching to the VVD, who don’t seem to be badly affected by the debate about Mark Rutte’s style of government.’ There are also significant shifts on the right flank, where Thierry Baudet’s Forum voor Democratie appears to be losing support to JA21, a splinter group that broke away following revelations of anti-Semitism in the party. Other newcomers, including the Farmers’ Citizens Movement and pro-European party Volt, have also made gains in the immediate post-election polls, as has the animal rights party PvdD.
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