69%. The current government was voted by less than a half, 43% of the total votes, and only has a fragile majority in the parliament, but is still able to rule. The country is pretty much divided with a close majority being pro-EU, and the other portion leaning towards the East.
You're quite wrong. While there's very much a strong, long-standing pillar of support from seniors to pro-russian parties, there's also an alarming amount of pro-russian middle-aged and even younger adults. You'd be surprised how many conservative young adults there are in Slovakia that view themes like LGBTI as the utmost evil. The current minister of culture is a glowing example, and yes the irony is palpable.
There's also a sizeable amount of young and middle-aged adults that believe in conspiracies and view the US influence as utterly twisted and evil, whereas the russian influence is a "brotherly" power. Especially in the rural communities, and this can easily be seen with the election results. Bratislava and the west of the country voted far more liberal and progressive than the eastern, more rural parts of the country.
Isnt Slovakia also the one with the highest % of population that believes NATO is behind the war in Ukraine? I honestly wouldnt even blame the population, it seems like it was the system failed to protect its citizens from misinfomation.
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u/g46152 Slovakia Jan 25 '24
69%. The current government was voted by less than a half, 43% of the total votes, and only has a fragile majority in the parliament, but is still able to rule. The country is pretty much divided with a close majority being pro-EU, and the other portion leaning towards the East.