Survey: Trump distrusted by Slovaks, Harris struggles with name recognition
Despite strong opposition, Czech President Petr Pavel and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán top Slovak voters' trust.
In a recent survey by the Ipsos agency, Czech President Petr Pavel and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán emerged as the most trusted world leaders among Slovak voters, with roughly a third expressing some level of confidence in each leader.
The survey was carried out between September 6 and 10, surveying 1,025 respondents.
The former US president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump followed closely, enjoying the trust of 27 percent of respondents. Among Slovak voters, Trump’s credibility surpasses that of his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, though her familiarity remains significantly lower; a quarter of respondents admitted that they did not know the US vice president.
Trump faces considerable opposition in Slovakia, with nearly 60 percent indicating distrust, while Harris is viewed sceptically by about one-third of respondents.
Because Ipsos conducted this survey in September, recent developments in the US presidential race could still influence perceptions, as noted by Denník N, which published the poll.
Trump finds his strongest support among voters of Slovakia’s Smer and the far-right Republika parties, where over 60 percent express trust. However, even among Hlas and SNS voters, distrust toward Trump prevails. Smer, Hlas and the Slovak National Party (SNS) formed a government towards the end of last year. Harris is more popular with supporters of Progressive Slovakia - over 60 percent - and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS).
On October 31, the AKO agency released results from an October survey of 1,000 Slovaks on whether Trump or Harris would make a better US president for Europe, Slovakia, the US, and the world. Harris decisively outperformed Trump in this survey, except among Smer, far-right Republika, and some ethnic Hungarian voters, who still leaned towards Trump.
The Ipsos survey also indicates a generally negative sentiment among Slovak voters towards international figures, including Pavel and Orbán.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is behind the war in Ukraine, Slovakia’s neighbour, ranks fourth in trust, with a quarter of Slovak respondents expressing confidence in him. Yet nearly 60 percent distrust Putin, a sentiment mirrored in responses to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom 22 percent trust.
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