Altogether 40% of the survey’s respondents said they wanted stronger ties between Hungary and the US, while 26% favoured maintaining the current level of bilateral relations, according to a summary of the survey’s findings published on Nézőpont’s website.

This, however, does not necessarily mean that they agree with the Biden administration, the think-tank said, pointing out that 59% of respondents opposed the US embassy’s recently-launched billboard campaign.

Nézőpont found that 38% of opposition voters said they found Washington’s campaign unacceptable.

Fully 16% said they favoured looser ties between Hungary and the US.

The survey found that 33% of those who support the prime minister and 50% of those critical of him wanted to strengthen relations with the US.

Meanwhile, 29% of the prime minister’s supporters and 23% of his critics said they were satisfied with the current state of bilateral ties.

Altogether 18% of government supporters and 8% of opposition sympathisers said Hungary should loosen relations with the US.