Political Capital

2023-07-12

Unlocking the Potential of Fact-Checking: Bridging the Gap between Demand and Utilization

Research summary

2022-12-05

Half of Fidesz voters believe government did not vote for sanctions

Summary of research regarding attitudes about Russia-Ukraine war

2021-08-03

Globsec Trends 2021

Research report

2021-04-30

Not all vaccine-skeptics are anti-vaxxers

Research report

2020-11-02

Voices of Central and Eastern Europe - Hungarian Country Report

Political Capital, in partnership with the Slovak think tank Globsec, analyzed the results of a public opinion poll encompassing Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

2020-06-09

Europeans are rallying around the flag, but winter might be coming

Although not all governments were well-prepared and equipped to deal with the consequences of the pandemic, we can see a general “rally around the flag” effect: the popularity of ruling parties has been increasing in most European countries since the coronavirus outbreak reached the continent.

2020-02-24

Seven out of ten Hungarians would support CSOs

finds our new study on Hungarian civil society

2019-04-10

Russian sharp power in CEE

Political Capital partnered up with Czech and Slovak experts to gain a better understanding of Russian soft and sharp power in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.

2019-03-21

Is the Hungarian society anti-democratic?

The Hungarian results of an international research project on public attitudes to an open society

2019-03-14

Mystification and Demystification of Putin’s Russia - Research Summary

Summary of Political Capital's research on how the Hungarian society perceives the Russian Federation’s power potential

2019-02-18

Mystification and Demystification of Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Political Capital's conference

2019-02-12

Russia in Hungarian public opinion

A chapter of Tárki's Social Report 2019 written by Péter Krekó

2018-12-10

What do young Central Europeans think about democracy in the media and political space of the 21st century?

National Democratic Institute and Political Capital’s joint study on young people’s commitment to democracy

2018-10-10

The role of the government’s social policies in the stability of the Orbán regime

Summary of Political Capital's study

2018-07-31

Beyond populism – tribalism in Poland and Hungary

Political Capital's new report on populism in Poland and Hungary.

2018-06-25

The effect of the 2015 refugee crisis on the share of attitude radicals

A comparative analysis based on the 2016/2017 DEREX index

2018-04-23

Knowledge about and attitudes on the Hungarian electoral system

Research summary

2018-03-01

Antigypsyism and Antisemitism in Hungary

Key findings of the research project on Antisemitism and Antigypsyism

2017-12-20

The Year of Rearrangement - The Populist Right and the Far-Right in Contemporary Hungary

A study on the activities of the populist right and the far-right in Hungary in 2017

2017-11-20

Exit, Voice or Loyalty?

Young people on Europe and democracy. Case studies from AT, CZ, DE, HU, PL and SK

2017-07-05

The Future of Europe - Comparing public and elite attitudes

Chatham House’s research paper The Future of Europe: Comparing Public and Elite Attitudes examines the crucial divergence in attitudes towards European integration between the general public and an 'elite' group of leaders from business, civil society, journalists and elected officials.

2016-11-01

Demand for Right-Wing Extremism Index (DEREX)

Political Capital has regularly published its Demand for Right-Wing Extremist (DEREX) index, which is based on the European Social Survey's bi-yearly updated database.

2016-09-19

Public and governmental approaches towards TTIP in the V4 countries

The purpose of this study is to analyse the stance of civic and political actors in the Visegrád countries on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

2015-11-09

Trust within Europe

This study summarizes the findings of Political Capital’s research on the nature and tendencies of political trust.

2015-10-21

Measuring Political Violence

This page presents the results of a two-years-long research project, which focused on the attitudes towards political violence in online and offline context.

2014-08-07

Seven statements about the nature of anti-Semitism in Hungary

In recent years there has been a rise in domestic and international public discourse regarding anti-Semitism in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary.

2013-12-20

The Conspiratorial Mindset in an Age of Transition

Conspiracy Theories in France, Hungary and Slovakia – Survey Results

2013-11-13

New opposition movements in Hungary

There has been a proliferation of ‘new’ opposition movements before and after the 2010 elections. They vary in size, ideology, form, structure and their relationship with party politics.

2013-11-12

Apolitikus politika? – Új ellenzéki mozgalmak és pártok a Facebookon és azon túl

A rendezvény az új ellenzéki mozgalmak online szimpatizánsainak (Facebook-követőinek) motivációit és attitűdjeit vizsgáló kutatás eredményeit mutatja be egy saját kutatás alapján.

2012-04-10

The conspiracy worldview

Counterpoint, a London based research and advisory group's interview with Peter Kreko, director of Political Capital about contemporary conspiracy theories in Hungary.

2012-03-01

Attitude radicals in Hungary – in international context

The threat of high level of attitude radicals is that a prejudicial, nationalist and anti-establishment public can push mainstream parties and political leaders toward a more radical position.

2012-02-07

Not your typical angry young men

Jobbik Facebook fans young, educated, eurosceptic, pessimistic & prejudiced.

2012-02-01

Populism in Europe: Hungary

Demos and the Political Capital Institute released the first ever study of the Jobbik party’s Facebook fans, based on over 2,000 survey responses.

2011-09-08

Radical right in SEE seeks political gains by attacking gay pride parades

In this study we analyze the position of the far right in respect to the gay rights movement with a special focus on Balkan countries aspiring to enter the European Union.

2011-05-13

Multiculturalism in the Cross-Hairs

The debate on the social integration of the Muslim minority totalling 5 to 8 per cent of the population has risen to the highest political level in the large receiving countries in Europe.

2010-12-22

Anti-Semitism and Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories

A Joint Conference by Political Capital Institute and Central European University.

2010-06-11

Back by popular demand

Demand for Right-Wing Extremism (DEREX) Index

2008-05-16

‘State dependence’ of Hungarians is a major block to economic growth

Economic and political processes in Hungary are extensively influenced by voters’ anti-market and anti-competition sentiments. This has a considerably negative effect on competitiveness