Presidential election 2018

As a part of the Czech voter project, our company provided a comprehensive study dealing with the Czech presidential election 2018. The study maps preparations for the election, topics important for the electorate, positioning of individuals who were considered to become candidates, preferences of the real candidates, the election campaign, outcome of the election as […]

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Presentation on political PR

In a PR klub seminar, Jan Herzmann gave a key-note lecture on opinion polling implementation in political PR. More information is available at www.prklub.cz . Průzkumy v politickém PR

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Survey: opinion of economists and financial experts

Majority of the interviewed experts feel that the CNB did not support economic growth when it intervened against the koruna in 2013. They are highly critical when assessing the ability of the government to implement anti-corruption measures. The government was also criticized as to the new VAT setting which is, in the opinion of the […]

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One quarter of votes in Prague for local lists?

A substantial part of citizens of the Czech capital considers the option to support different local lists of candidates in the local election planned for October 10 to 11. This opinion is shared by every ninth Prague citizen, nearly one quarter of likely voters. Hence, in the Prague City council there could be up to […]

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ANO 2011 would win the EP elections

As a part of the Czech voter project, Herzmann s.r.o. and Data Collect s.r.o. conducted common survey on the European Parliament elections. Estimated turnout in the EP elections makes 32,4 %, this is mainly because of ANO and Úsvit supporters. The five-percent-threshold necessary to get the mandates would be passed by six parties and movements, […]

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Survey: opinion of decision makers

The government should win a vote of confidence but will probably not last its entire electoral term. The Czech economy is expected to grow in 2014, inflation should be between 1 and 3 %. For 2015, the government will probably increase not only spending, but also taxes. By the opinion of decision makers this will […]

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This time, polls were on target

In total, data of different polling agencies delivered during last 4 pre-election weeks were nearly precise, the trend analysis of Herzmann s.r.o. reveals.  Czech law does not allow publishing pre-election polls during last three days prior to the election. The tiniest bias from all pre-election models published until this ban shows the TNS Aisa poll […]

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Polls are consistent, result remains open

Polls of different agencies show consistent results for most of the parties. Most probably, the support of these parties is stabilized. Substantial differences up to 10,5 percentage points can be seen in the case of ANO 2011 movement. This body apparently has a chance to improve its result but it remains open whether this chance […]

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Polls: different figures, identical message

Polling agencies sent identical message: in September, five parties would pass the five-percent threshold to make it for the Lower chamber, namely Social democrats as the winner, the second strongest Communists as well as ANO 2011, TOP 09 and ODS with close results. The success of three parties, the Zemanites, Christian democrats and Okamura´s Dawn, […]

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Awareness and support for “small” parties

Two thirds of the citizens want to see non-parliamentary parties and movements in the Chamber of deputies. The biggest chance to pass the threshold has ANO 2011. This movement could appeal to 1.1 Mio potential voters, recently 0.5 Mio want to vote for it. Quite large part of the population could be addressed by Sovereignty […]

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