Poll: Only twenty percent of Czechs would accept the communists returning to government

A new survey by the Median polling agency suggests that only a fifth of Czechs would accept a return to some form of government by the Czech Communist Party. According to the poll, around three-quarters of Czechs would not like to see a return to pre-1989 conditions, while 14 percent specifically would – roughly the same percentage of the electorate that votes for the Communist Party. Further, according to the poll around a quarter of Czechs believe that the Communist Party is legitimate, while another quarter view it as legitimate but would not like to see it in government. Another 20 percent would like to see the party banned all together. The poll comes as negotiations continue between the Social Democrats and Communists over coalition governments in several Czech regions following recent elections.

Author: Dominik Jůn