Wiener SPÖ falls below 40%-FPÖ becomes the election winner!

The current mood in Vienna could change dramatically: According to a new survey by the city barometer of W24 and IFDD, the SPÖ, the mayor party, falls below the critical 40%brand and lands at only 37%. This represents a decline of over 4% compared to the last election 2020. The FPÖ, on the other hand, celebrates an impressive rise to 22%, which corresponds to a doubling of its votes since the last election. For the ÖVP under Karl Mahrer, on the other hand, it looks bleak: it only achieves a lean 11% and is therefore behind the Greens, which are 12%. The dramatic loss of 9% compared to the previous choice is particularly worrying for Mahrer and his troops.

Fight for electorate: Mahrer in the footsteps of the FPÖ

Karl Mahrer, former police officer and currently ÖVP chairman, is trying to regain lost voters by increasingly devoting himself to security. Especially with controversial videos that he published in markets in Vienna, he polarizes and is not afraid to access the FPÖ. Mahrer, who was considered a liberal bridge builder in the past, has now moved significantly in a confrontative direction. His goal is to regain the thematic focus on migration and security, the FPÖ voters for the ÖVP. However, this could lead to a tangible examination of the SPÖ, as the planned video series about grievances in the Vienna municipal buildings shows.

The Viennese election situation could become particularly explosive according to the results of the survey, which the SPÖ shows with its crash and the FPÖ as a clear winner. Mahrer, who came to power in the top positions after the scandals around the ÖVP, faces a massive challenge: Can he regain the consent of the voters while the SPÖ is increasingly stumbling? The election campaign has opened and the parties are preparing for a tough competition in Vienna, as reports the press . The next few weeks could be decisive for how the political landscape in the Austrian capital is changing.