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The independent but Green-backed candidate Alexander van der Bellen had narrowly beaten his opponent Norbert Hofer, from the far-right Freedom Party, in May but the election was recalled after a court found discrepancies in the counting of votes.
Nearly a month before Austrians once again take to the polls a survey commissioned by the Kurier newspaper and carried out by researchers OGM found that the majority of Austrians (55%) agreed that the election re-run was “justified”.
Ninety-one of respondents were either “very certain” (75%) or “nearly certain” (16%) they would vote in the second round.
According to the head of OGM Wolfgang Bachmayer, swing voters will play a deciding role.
“Swing voters are still 15 percent undecided about who to vote for. And six percent want to vote for the other candidate,” said Head of OGM Wolfgang Bachmayer.
Read the full article on The Local Austria
