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Monday, 9 November 2015 - 15:25

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PVV party support now double that of Prime Minister's VVD

The latest poll released by Peil.nl has revealed that the support for the PVV Party is at an all-time high. The anti-Islam party currently has double the support that the Prime Minister’s VVD has. Currently the PVV is sitting with 38 seats, while the VVD only has 19 seats, 22 less than in 2012. On the issue of a correctional referendum regarding asylum seekers in the Netherlands, PVV voters had the majority of yes’s, around 98 percent. Most parties received a majority to the yes around this issue, with the exception of the CDA, D66 and PvdA. PvdA voters standing at a near 50-50. The majority of Dutch voters also seem in favor of the next upcoming issue - increasing the speed limits on Dutch highways to 130 kilometers per hour. 90 percent of PVV voters are in favor of this proposal.

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