What do Hungarians give a damn about?
What do Hungarians give a damn about? Not much it seems. The government can collude with opposition parties to rob ordinary Hungarians of their favourite radio stations, Roma and the Hungarian Guard can start a civil war, endless meetings can be held to decide which further cuts to make to public services, local mayors and officials can sell off historic properties to their friends... none of this matters much at all. On all of those topics just mentioned a maximum of 5% of the population gives a damn.
Still, at least 50% feel that the H1N1 may have something to do with them and 10% were interested in a triple murder case from early November. Apart from these, apathy reigns.
By political persuasion MSZP ('left') are three times more likely to be concerned about wider social and political factors than Fidesz ('right') supporters. Jobbik (far right) supporters seem most concerned about the Roma clashes and 'Rádiógate' - the replacement of the two favourite radio channels with consortiums close to Fidesz and MSZP.
n.b. Results come from research carried out by Századvég-Forsense.
http://hvg.hu/itthon/20091127_forsense_szazadveg_h1n1_uj_influenza.aspx?s=hl
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