Norway Progress Party poll lead over Conservatives, Digi Mart USA News (Norway): The Progress Party (Fremskrittspartiet, Frp) receives 34.2 percent support in a poll published by Nettavisen. The Conservative Party (Høyre) is down to 11.7 percent.
The Progress Party drops 1 percentage point, but the change falls within the margin of error of 0.8 to 3 points. The Conservatives fall 0.2 points in the Infact poll.
Conservative deputy leader Henrik Asheim told Nettavisen, “This is a miserable poll for the Conservatives. We have a big job ahead of us to lift the party.”
Among the other parties, the Red Party (Rødt) shows the largest gain, rising 0.7 points to 9.1 percent. The Green Party (MDG) falls 1.1 points to 3.8 percent.
The poll also asked respondents whether they would be affected if Conservative leader Ine Eriksen Søreide stepped down. Twenty percent said they would be more inclined to vote Conservative, while 8 percent said the opposite.
Full results, with changes from the previous poll in parentheses: Progress Party 34.2 (−1.0), Labour (Ap) 21.7 (+0.2), Conservatives 11.7 (−0.2), Red Party 9.1 (+0.7), Socialist Left (SV) 5.7 (+2.1), Centre Party (Sp) 4.8 (−0.6), Green Party 3.8 (−1.1), Christian Democrats (KrF) 3.8 (−0.4), Liberals (Venstre) 3.5 (+0.8), others 1.7 (−0.5).
The survey was conducted on November 2 among 1,181 people nationwide.
