Queries | MT: The Vornanen case took away the support of basic Finns

About every fifth Finn tells a member of parliament Timo Vornasen (ps) that the shooting incident affected their willingness to vote for basic Finns, it appears from the Maaseudun Tulevaisuu (MT) from the survey.

A total of 1,044 people responded to the survey, of which 18 percent said that the incident affected their willingness to vote for basic Finns. 22 percent answered that the case has no effect on their willingness to vote for the party. 57 percent of the respondents said that they would not vote for the party anyway.

According to MT’s survey, 16 percent of those who previously voted for Basic Finns say that the incident affected their desire to vote for the party again, while 76 percent said that there has been no change. The result of the partial sample is indicative in terms of accuracy, but not insignificant.

The survey was carried out by Kantar Agri at the request of MT, and its result has been weighted to reflect the population of Finland. The survey was carried out on the 3rd-7th. May, when a week had passed since the events.

Vornanen was in April 25-26. involved in a shooting incident in Helsinki. It is suspected that he threatened two people with a gun in front of the restaurant and then shot them to the ground. Soon after this, he was dismissed from the parliamentary group of fundamental Finns.

Also Yle told on Maundy Thursday, the support of basic Finns dropped and was at its worst in the week after the revelation of Vornasen’s suspected shooting incident. Support fell below 16 percent. There was a decrease of 1.8 percentage points compared to the previous month’s support survey.

According to Yle, there is no unequivocal reason for counting support, but many factors explain it. However, support was at its lowest in the week following Vornasen’s case.