Who would you vote for in the Vienna state election ?

[TJ in Oregon]

Why is a primarily American forum voting for FPO? Seems inexplicable.

Why is that a surprise really ?

There are many right-wing Republicans on here, who probably think the ÖVP as too wishy-washy-conservative (or even too "left" for them). The FPÖ is a much better fit for these types of Republicans than the ÖVP.

It could also be that Americans are used to a two-party system and will naturally gravitate toward a party with a chance of actually winning. My views are clearly more in line with the ÖVP, but the Vienna ÖVP seems like it is pretty much irrelevant.

[Hifly]

SPOe

[Tender Branson]

GFW, mostly because they seem most likely to piss off the FPÖ.

That's wrong.

GFW is the so-called "Turkish list", which attracts first and foremost voters of Turkish migration background. Turks are a core constituent of the SPÖ.

Which means a high share for GFW does not piss off the FPÖ, it in fact helps them (win the election).

[DavidB.]

I'll ask my family there whom I should root for, lol.

Well, I asked one of my family members. Apart from being an immigrant in Austria himself (from a culturally quite distinct country...), he is a mentsch and he said he would certainly vote for the FPÖ/Strache if he would be living in Vienna (they live in a suburb now), so some of my doubts have been taken away, though not all of them...

Meanwhile, the percentage of FPÖ votes in this poll (29,8%) is quite close to the percentage of Viennese that will vote for the FPÖ.