Immigrants in Denmark unanimous in support for left-wing parties

Copenhagen Post:

The country's opposition parties have the near unanimous support of Denmark's immigrants, a Catinét poll finds. Over 95 percent of non-ethnic Danes with the right to vote say they support left-leaning opposition parties.

The most popular party with immigrants was the Social Democrats. The second largest party in parliament drew the support of 47.6 percent of immigrants.

Second most popular was the Social Liberal Party, polling at 21.4 percent. Following closely was the Socialist People's Party with 19.0 percent. Just over 7 percent said they would vote for the far left Red-Green Alliance.

Amongst right-of-centre parties, the leading Liberal Party captured the support of 2.6 percent of immigrants.

Nationalist party the Danish People's Party received 1.2 percent of support, while the Conservatives would receive just 0.5 percent of immigrant votes in an election.

For the population on the whole, the electoral picture was the reverse.

The Liberals remained the country's most popular party with 27.6 percent. Coalition partner the Conservatives received 8.6 percent voter support.

In the February 2005 election, the two parties received 39 percent of the vote. But with recent gains by support party the Danish People's Party, the government's majority in parliament remained secure.

According to the poll, 18.3 percent of voters support the Danish People's Party. The new numbers would increase its representation in parliament to 33 from 24 members.

The Social Democrats and the Social Liberals each fell slightly since the last poll, to 21.3 percent and 10.7 percent, respectively.

The Socialist People's Party's support rose nearly half a percent to 7.4, while the Red-Green Alliance improved to 3.8 percent from 2.7 in the last poll.

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