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Austrian presidential election still on knife's edge: survey

Xinhua, November 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

The largest survey conducted on the Austrian presidential election so far this year showed Thursday the result is still too close to call.

Unique Research conducted the survey of 1,500 Austrians aged 16 and over, on behalf of the Heute newspaper and television station ATV.

The results show a marginal advantage to independent candidate and former Greens party leader Alexander Van der Bellen, who would take 47.8 to 54.2 percent of the vote, compared to Freedom Party-backed opponent Norbert Hofer, for whom the results indicate somewhere between 45.8 and 52.2 percent of the vote.

A key factor however is that nine percent of respondents said they are still undecided on whom to vote for. Should voter turnout for the Dec. 4 election be at 70 percent, this means about 400,000 votes are potentially still up for grabs.

Other notable trends in the survey is that 55 percent of female respondents favored Van der Bellen, while 52 percent of male respondents favored Hofer.

Persons aged between 30 and 49 tended more strongly to favor Hofer, while the age brackets above and below leant more strongly toward his opponent. Endit