Interesting article about political shift in Austria

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. If you look at the first round votes, you see Van der Bellen picked up a lot of anti-Hofer votes

Hofer led the first round by a worrying margin:
Hofer (far right) 35%
Van der Bollen (Greens) 21%
Griss (independent - a judge, who was willing to run for Hofer's "Freedom" party or the liberal NEOS, but neither wanted her) 18%
Hundstorfer (centre left) 11%
Khol (centre right) 11%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Austria#2016_Presidential_election

and if you look at the 2013 parliamentary results just above that, you see the 'Freedom' party is in 3rd place and rising, faster than the Greens. The surge of the far right really does look like the main story. And, in an echo of Trump's demographics in the USA, Hofer got his support from men and manual workers:

Support for Mr Hofer was exceptionally strong among manual workers - nearly 90%. The vote for Mr Van der Bellen was much stronger among people with a university degree or other higher education qualifications.

Support for Mr Hofer among men was 60%, while among women it was 60% for Mr Van der Bellen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36362505