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Self-Classification on the Left-Right Scale of Political Orientation - April/May 2024

In the spring survey the Public Opinion Research Centre gave all respondents a question that at eleven-point scale measures the left-right political orientation: "In politics, people sometimes talk about right and left. Where would you place yourself ranked on this scale?"

25.8% of citizens place themselves to the left of the center, 38.5% to the right and 27.9% to the center.

Since 2013 till 2020, the share of the left was steadily declining from its historical high of more than two-fifths to a historical low below one-quarter, where it has stabilized, and within the last year it is mildly increasing. The representation of the right has been growing with certain breaks in the last ten years.

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