New poll: The battle for the top is heating up
The leaders of the parties with the highest support according to a Prósent poll for Morgunblaðið. From the left: Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir for the Liberal Reform Party; Kristrún Frostadóttir for the Social Democratic Alliance; and Bjarni Benediktsson, for the Independence Party. Composite image
The Social Democratic Alliance takes the lead in a new poll by Prósent for Morgunblaðið with only two days until the election.
The poll was just presented during the party leaders' debate, which was streamed live on mbl.is.
Independence Party overtakes the Centre Party
The battle for the top spots is heating up.
The Social Democratic Alliance gains 3.5 percentage points from the last poll and is at 21.8 percent, overtaking The Liberal Reform Party, which is losing 4.4 percentage points and is rated at 17.6 percent.
The Independence Party gained 3.2 percentage points and is now rated as the third-highest support or 14.7%. It has thus overtaken the Centre Party, which is losing 1.5 percentage points and is rated at 12%, or the fourth-highest support.
The Social Democratic Alliance (S); The Liberal Reform Party (C); The Independence Party (D); The People's Party (F); The Progressive Party (B); The Socialist Party (J); The Pirate Party (P); The Left-Green Movement (V); and The Democratic Party (L).
The Progressive Party is measured in parliament
The People's Party continues to gain momentum and is now measuring 11.2 percent support and is the fifth largest party according to the survey.
The Progressive Party's support also takes a small jump between surveys and is now measuring 6.4 percent, adding 2 percentage points to itself. The party was measured outside parliament in the last survey.
The Socialist Party and the Pirate Party have similar support or 5.8 percent and 5.5 percent. The support of both parties decreases slightly between surveys.
The Left-Green Movement, the Democratic Party, and Responsible Future trailing behind
The support of the Left-Green Movement increases by 0.4 percentage points or up to 3.4 percent, which is not enough for the party to gain a seat in parliament.
Only the Democratic Party and Responsible Future are measuring lower support or 1.2 percent and 0.4 percent.
Data was collected through an online survey from November 25 to 28. The sample was 4,500 individuals, of whom 2,379 responded.
