Good Choice

Good Choice (Slovak: Dobrá voľba) was a political party in Slovakia. The party's goals were officially announced at a press conference on 12 September 2019. On 20 May 2023, the party approved a merger agreement with Voice – Social Democracy,[2] which took effect on 30 September 2023.

Good Choice
Dobrá voľba
ChairpersonTomáš Drucker
Vice-chairpersons
  • Branislav Becík
  • Katarína Cséfalvayová
  • Radomír Šalitroš
Founded12 September 2019 (2019-09-12)
Dissolved30 September 2023
Split fromDirection – Social Democracy
Merged intoVoice – Social Democracy
HeadquartersJarošova 1, Bratislava-Nové Mesto
Membership (2021)Increase 262[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre
National affiliationVoice – Social Democracy
Colours    Red and blue
Website
dobravolba.sk

History

In August 2019, Tomáš Drucker announced his intention to establish a new political party. Even before announcing that the party would be called Good Choice, Robert Fico responded: "He just doesn't have it. This is a typical café, liberal politician ... "[3] Drucker responded by announcing that the request for Tibor Gašpar to remain in his position existed and was demonstrated publicly by Fico.[4]

On 12 September 2019, they submitted almost 30,000 signatures from citizens to the Ministry of the Interior and applied for registration of the Good Choice political party. Lucia Kurilovská[5] and Tomáš Kuča, Rector of the Academy of the Police Force, and Director of the Press and Information Department of the Government Office, became another media-famous member of the newly emerging party in September 2019.[6] They are still listed on the party's website in February 2020:[7]

  • Michal Sýkora
  • Katarína Cséfalvayová
  • Branislav Becík
  • Radomír Šalitroš
  • Anna Ghannamová
  • Peter Kresák
  • Martin Fedor
  • Zuzana Dolinková
  • Miroslav Kočan

Election results
National Council
Election Leader Performance Rank Government
Votes % ± pp Seats +/–
2020 Tomáš Drucker 88,220
3.06%
 New
0 / 150
 New 11th Extra-parliamentary (Matovič's Cabinet)
Extra-parliamentary (Heger's Cabinet)

Surveys

According to a survey by the AKO Agency published on September 6, 2019, the party has a potential of 23.8% and the election result would reportedly reach 7.4%.[8] The party considers the success of the surveys to be an encouragement for further work.[9]

On 19 September, a FOCUS survey was published, where "Good Choice" gained only 2.1%. The party did not comment further on what could have caused such a sharp decline.[10] According to the FOCUS methodology, it was not possible to determine a 95% confidence interval.[11]

See also

References
  1. https://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/statna_komisia_pre_volby/30_annual_report/ar2021/VS21_R_DV.pdf
  2. Majerčínová, Adriána Belej (28 April 2023). "Dobrá voľba pomôže Pellegrinimu skôr finančne, než voličmi. Odlíšia ho Druckerovi ľudia od Smeru?". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  3. "Fico ostro reagoval na Druckera: Niekedy si chováte hadov na prsiach. On na to jednoducho nemá". Hospodarske Noviny. MAFRA Slovakia. 1 July 2019. ISSN 1336-1996.
  4. "Drucker: Fico nechcel, aby som odvolal Gašpara". SME. Petit Press. 16 August 2019. ISSN 1335-4418.
  5. "Vznikajú dve nové strany, podpisy odovzdali Drucker i Chmelár". TA3.com (in Slovak). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. "Od Pellegriniho odchádza šéf komunikácie, posilní Druckera". slovensko.hnonline.sk (in Slovak). 9 August 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  7. "Novinky". dobravolba2020.sk.
  8. "Exkluzívny prieskum pre HN: Prvýkrát vieme, koľko ľudí by volilo Druckerovu stranu". Hospodarske Noviny. MAFRA Slovakia. 6 September 2019. ISSN 1336-1996.
  9. "Dobrá voľba on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022.
  10. "Prieskum Focusu: Smer stále prvý, progresívci klesajú". Perex. 19 September 2019. ISSN 1336-197X. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. "Volebné preferencie politických strán – september 2019" (PDF). Agentúra FOCUS. 19 September 2019.
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