Hungarians differ in their evaluations of democracy under Orban’s leadership
Posted on AllSides August 3rd, 2022
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is set to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas this week, receives generally positive ratings from people in his own country, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted shortly after his reelection this spring. However, he gets mixed reviews for his impact on democracy in Hungary, and attitudes toward him are less positive among young people and residents of urban areas, including the country’s capital city, Budapest.
About four-in-ten Hungarian adults (38%) say their country has become less democratic since Orban became prime minister....
