Slovakia opinion polls
Parliamentary election By 28 Sept 2027, in 11 months.
Progressive Slovakia leads the polling average with 18.6%, 1.1 points ahead of Direction – Social Democracy.
Average
Updated 34 minutes ago
PSProgressive Slovakia
18.6
−0.8
SmerDirection – Social Democracy
17.5
+0.2
RepublikaRepublic
11.7
−0.4
SaSFreedom and Solidarity
7.6
−0.2
HlasVoice – Social Democracy
7.4
−0.3
KDHChristian Democratic Movement
6.7
+0.1
Trend
PSSmerRepublikaSlovakiaSaSHlas
Stances
PSSmerRepublikaSlovakiaSaSHlas
Immigration
ExpandRestrictRemigration
Economy
Free marketState-directed
Abortion
Broad accessProtect unborn life
Marriage & family
Individual choiceTraditional
National culture
CosmopolitanPreserve heritage
Technology1 unplaced
Light-touchRein in Big Tech
Scores and reasons written by AI. Methodology
Why these scores
Immigration
- Progressive Slovakia: 3 of 10 Programme backs common EU asylum system, Dublin reform, an EU border guard and more effective returns
- Direction – Social Democracy: 6 of 10 Refuses mandatory relocation under EU migration pact; government reinstated Hungarian-border checks in 2023
- Republic: 7 of 10 Says EU immigration policy is destroying Europe; pledges hard border protection against illegal migration
- Slovakia: 5 of 10 No current migration platform; its 2020-23 governments rejected mandatory EU quotas, admitted Ukrainian refugees
- Freedom and Solidarity: 4 of 10 Programme: points-based work permits for non-EU workers; long opposed mandatory EU asylum relocation quotas
- Voice – Social Democracy: 6 of 10 Hlas interior minister Šutaj Eštok runs Hungarian-border checks against transit migration; rejects EU relocation
Economy
- Progressive Slovakia: 4 of 10 Pledges lower income taxes for people and firms, no rise in overall tax burden, spending reviews
- Direction – Social Democracy: 6.5 of 10 Consolidation through 23% VAT, a transaction tax and higher corporate tax while keeping 13th pension
- Republic: 5.5 of 10 Pledges renationalising power, gas and water utilities, shift to indirect taxes, freeze on retirement age
- Slovakia: 5.5 of 10 As finance minister Matovič doubled the child tax bonus in 2022 family package; anti-oligarch populism
- Freedom and Solidarity: 1.5 of 10 Programme: 19-19-19 flat tax (income, corporate, VAT), abolish transaction tax, cap social contributions
- Voice – Social Democracy: 6 of 10 Campaigned for a 'strong state'; backs 13th pension, energy price aid, regional development, coalition tax rises
Christian identity
- Progressive Slovakia: 1.5 of 10 Wants religiously neutral legislation and church funding moved from state grant to a member-tax model
- Direction – Social Democracy: 6 of 10 Casts itself as defender of Christian values; led 2025 amendment on 'cultural-ethical' sovereignty
- Republic: 7 of 10 Programme commits to Cyril-and-Methodius tradition and fostering respect for traditional Christian values
- Slovakia: 5 of 10 No church-state programme; Catholic-conservative leadership backed 2015 Alliance for Family referendum
- Freedom and Solidarity: 2 of 10 Long backs separating church financing from the state; programme has no religion or church chapter
- Voice – Social Democracy: 4.5 of 10 No church or religion agenda of its own; voted for 2025 amendment on 'cultural-ethical' sovereignty
Abortion
- Progressive Slovakia: 1.5 of 10 Programme: drop waiting period and counselling, allow abortion pill, full insurance cover; keeps 12-week limit
- Direction – Social Democracy: 3 of 10 No move to change the 12-week law; 2025 amendment claims national sovereignty over protection of life
- Republic: 6.5 of 10 Programme opposes media 'promotion' of abortion and euthanasia; no abortion bill tabled since founding
- Slovakia: 5.5 of 10 Its MPs backed 2020 Záborská bill doubling the waiting period to 96 hours; failed by one vote
- Freedom and Solidarity: 2 of 10 MPs voted against 2020 Záborská bill lengthening the abortion waiting period; no change to current law proposed
- Voice – Social Democracy: 3 of 10 Has avoided an abortion stance; no proposal to change the current 12-week law
Marriage & family
- Progressive Slovakia: 1 of 10 Backs life partnerships for all couples, marriage for same-sex couples, gender transition by self-determination
- Direction – Social Democracy: 7 of 10 Passed 2025 amendment: only two sexes, adoption limited to married couples, surrogacy ban, parental sex-education veto
- Republic: 8 of 10 Rejects civil partnerships, same-sex marriage and adoption; tabled 2021 bill banning legal gender change
- Slovakia: 6 of 10 Backed 2015 referendum against same-sex marriage and adoption; 2023 MPs sponsored karyotype test for gender change
- Freedom and Solidarity: 3 of 10 Programme: life partnerships including same-sex couples, joint pension accounts for spouses and registered partners
- Voice – Social Democracy: 6.5 of 10 Voted for 2025 amendment: two sexes only, adoption limited to married couples, surrogacy ban
National culture
- Progressive Slovakia: 2 of 10 Programme: bilingual signage in mixed areas, a minority-communities law, revisit state-language-act sanctions
- Direction – Social Democracy: 7 of 10 Campaigns against 'progressive liberalism'; 2025 amendment puts national identity, culture and language beyond EU law
- Republic: 8 of 10 Rejects multiculturalism; pledges protection of Slovak language, folk culture and heritage against 'progressivism'
- Slovakia: 4.5 of 10 Fields Roma candidates through its 'Pačivale Roma' platform; no language or national-heritage agenda
- Freedom and Solidarity: 3.5 of 10 Programme: a minority-status law and keeping minority-language rights; national culture not emphasised
- Voice – Social Democracy: 6 of 10 Vice-chair Tomáš pledged 2024 to join Smer's fight against 'progressive ideologies'; backed amendment's identity clause
Subsidiarity
- Progressive Slovakia: 2 of 10 Supports qualified majority voting in EU foreign and defence policy and a stronger common EU
- Direction – Social Democracy: 7 of 10 Amendment gives Slovak law precedence over EU law on cultural-ethical matters; 'sovereign' foreign policy
- Republic: 8.5 of 10 Wants EU reduced to an economic association; ready to call a referendum on leaving the EU
- Slovakia: 4.5 of 10 EPP-affiliated, backs EU and NATO membership; promotes referendums and petitions over party politics
- Freedom and Solidarity: 4 of 10 Wants EU-law primacy and EU and NATO membership written into the constitution; transpose EU rules minimally
- Voice – Social Democracy: 5.5 of 10 Calls EU and NATO membership a guarantee of safety; backed amendment asserting sovereignty on ethical issues
Technology
- Progressive Slovakia: 5 of 10 Proposes court-ordered blocking of dangerous disinformation sites and platform rules without excess regulatory barriers
- Direction – Social Democracy: 5 of 10 No own platform or AI pledges; coalition backed 2024 school mobile-phone ban; praises 'alternative media'
- Republic: 3 of 10 Pledges to abolish 'opinion censorship' and introduce 'absolute freedom of speech'; protect children from media 'immorality'
- Freedom and Solidarity: 4.5 of 10 Apply EU platform rules without Slovak over-regulation; ban profiled ads to children, no mass surveillance
- Voice – Social Democracy: 5.5 of 10 Hlas education minister Drucker banned phones in elementary schools (2024) and set school AI rules (2025)
Recent polls
| Date | Pollster | PS | Smer | Republika | Slovakia |
|---|
| 19 Oct | Ipsos | 18.6 | 18.4 | 10.8 | 10 |
| 19 Oct | Focus | 17.4 | 17 | 11.3 | 9.7 |
| 5 Oct | NMS | 19.5 | 17.8 | 14.2 | 9 |
| 22 Sept | Ipsos | 19 | 16.9 | 12.8 | 10.7 |
| 21 Sept | AKO | 18.9 | 17.1 | 9.7 | 8.1 |
| 7 Sept | NMS | 21.6 | 16.2 | 15.6 | 9 |
| 7 Sept | Focus | 17.3 | 17.3 | 12.4 | 8.9 |
| 23 Aug | Ipsos | 18.1 | 17.9 | 10.9 | 8.4 |
| 14 Aug | AKO | 21 | 17.7 | 9.8 | 7.7 |
| 10 Aug | NMS | 19.2 | 16.5 | 13.3 | 8.9 |
| 14 Jul | AKO | 20.8 | 17.3 | 9.7 | 8 |
| 7 Jul | NMS | 18.8 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 9.1 |
| 29 Jun | Focus | 18.1 | 17.7 | 11.6 | 9 |
| 23 Jun | Ipsos | 20.2 | 19 | 10 | 7.3 |