Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Prime Minister Mark Rutte - Credit: Ale_Mi / DepositPhotos - License: DepositPhotos
Politics
Cabinet Rutte IV
Dutch voter
voter confidence
polarization
VVD
CDA
d66
ChristenUnie
Kantar
Manuel Kaal
Thursday, 23 December 2021 - 10:09
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

More polarization between voters for opposition and coalition parties

Polarization between voters in the Netherlands is increasing, NRC reported based on an as-yet-unpublished study by Kantar. People who voted for the new Rutte IV coalition parties are remarkably satisfied, while those who voted for the opposition are increasingly skeptical.

"Confidence among the opposition parties is shockingly low, while support among the coalition parties is astronomically high," researcher Manuel Kaal said to the newspaper. "This polarization is much stronger than at the start of previous Cabinets."

The brand new coalition consists of the same parties as the Rutte III coalition - VVD, D66, CDA, and ChristenUnie. Among voters for these parties, there is still a high degree of confidence between citizens and politicians. For example, 86 percent of the CDA voters, and 78 of the VVD voters have confidence in Rutte IV.

This confidence is severely lacking among people who voted for opposition parties and not only those who voted for the far-right parties and generally distrust politics. Only 5 percent of GroenLinks voters trust Rutte IV. The same is true for 1 percent of SP voters and 14 percent of those who voted for VOLT's constructive new party.

In total, only a quarter of voters in the Netherlands have confidence in the Rutte IV coalition.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • French fries become more expensive due to price increase of Dutch potatoes
  • Dutch royal family under fire for “caricature insensitivity”
  • Prime Minister Mark Rutte will speak at Holocaust commemoration
  • A12 open again after Extinction Rebellion protest, more than 500 people arrested
  • Labor market shortage can prevent wave of layoffs in the Netherlands
  • Historic growth in the number of solar panels on residential rooftops in 2022

Top stories

  • Dutch royal family under fire for “caricature insensitivity”
  • Prime Minister Mark Rutte will speak at Holocaust commemoration
  • A12 open again after Extinction Rebellion protest, more than 500 people arrested
  • Police intervenes Extinction Rebellion protest on A12; Dozens of people arrested
  • Rutte lashes out at left wing parties in election campaign interview
  • Netherlands and the US agree on export restriction of ASML chip machines

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content