If they invaded Slovakia, a third of the people would leave the country. Every fourth man would defend with a weapon (Focus survey)
In the event of a military attack, a third of people would consider leaving Slovakia. From the point of view of the entire population, ie both men and women, 13 percent of the population defended the country with a gun. Almost half admit that they would not go, even though they would stay in Slovakia.
This was shown by a Focus survey for the show Na telo with Michal Kovačič by Markíza television. Respondents asked about their reaction to the country’s military attack before the beginning of March and April, and published the results today.
The older, the less determined
The greatest determination to stop was between the ages of 18 and 34, of which 31 percent said. However, there is also a high proportion of those who would leave Slovakia, up to 38 percent. A quarter would remain in the country, but would not succeed.
The determination to say was declared by three percent of the total number of women, a higher proportion (six percent) is among adult women under 34 years of age.
In short, the results of the survey can be summarized as the older a person is, the less willing he is to go abroad, but also to flee abroad before the war.
In the age group of 55 years (men and women together), the republic would like to leave about 20 percent of people. Almost 70 percent of them remained in the country, no results would go.
He plans to leave almost half of young people under the age of 34 (men and women together).
The most militant supporters of the Republic and progressives
The Focus agency also investigated the attitude towards the military attack on Slovakia from the point of view of party voters. The results are surprising and there may be more interpretations as to why the survey turned out this way.
Supporters of the far-right Republic (27 percent of them) and Progressive Slovakia (almost 20 percent of them) expressed the greatest willingness to defend Slovakia. On the other sides, the ratios that would have gone were between ten and fifteen percent.
These more detailed data are no longer distinguished from the point of view of gender, ie men and women were counted together. Focus did not specify who would attack Slovakia militarily, which could have an impact on the results. The voters of Progressive Slovakia could have imagined Russia as an aggressor for the war, and since they are more Prakrain than the rest of the population, their willingness could have been greater.
On the contrary, the pro-Russian supporters of the Republic could have imagined another aggressor, and since it is a nationalist-oriented electorate, they more likely chose the possibility of Slovakia defending with a weapon in hand.
Demography has probably also played a role. The willingness to defend the country is expressed more by younger people, of whom Progressive Slovakia has more among its constituents. At the same time, it is used by many people who mean mainly between Smer and Hlas voters. These left-wing parties are reaching out to older people who would not go into battle.
For the same reason, it is probably true that among the voters of Progressive Slovakia, there are most of those who would leave the country in the event of an invasion of Slovakia.
Focus conducted a survey of 1007 respondents.