What are the opinion polls saying?
Opinion polls have consistently given the Right a convincing majority, possibly by as much as 100 seats to 75. The four north Atlantic mandates are not covered by opinion polls. One poll showed that half of Social Democrat voters feel Mr Fogh Rasmussen is a better leader than the SDP’s Mogens Lykketoft and this is reflected in the bookmakers’ odds on who will be Danish prime minister after the poll. One firm quotes Mr Fogh Rasmussen at 1/10 on with Mr Lykketoft at 5/1. Another gives Mr Lykketoft a slightly better chance, pricing him at 39/10, with Rasmussen quoted at 3/20 on. BBC Monitoring selects and translates news from radio, television, press, news agencies and the Internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages. It is based in Caversham, UK, and has several bureaus abroad.
