ARE WOMEN WANTED IN POLITICS AT ALL? WOMEN AND POLITICS IN HUNGARY(RESEARCH IDEAS) political participation is more common among men, according to the data from 2018, this difference – at least in 2018 – disappeared.” 37 According to one of the relevant findings of a monograph on the political values and identity patterns in Hungarian society, published in 2020,“ politics is closer to men’s way of thinking, while religion is closer to women’s way of thinking.” 38 A public opinion poll conducted in February 2022 on behalf of the online newspaper 24.hu revealed, among other things, that a higher proportion of women than men would like to keep the Orbán government in power. 39 The Republikon Institute’s 2023 analysis“20 years of Fidesz core voters The social background and policy opinions of Fidesz’s committed voters between 2002 and 2021” shows that although Fidesz’s voter turnout was gender-balanced in 2002, by the early 2020s, in terms of its core voter base, Fidesz had become a distinctly female party. 40 2.3. SURVEYS FOR A NARROWER TARGET GROUP, WITH RELEVANT RESULTS Gender differences that may likewise appear when it comes to political orientation, and attitudes can also be examined in the results of surveys aimed at narrower target groups. Among research projects carried out in recent years, surveys conducted among young people can provide(some) opportunity for this. According to the report, a 2017 conference on the issue of political socialization of high-school students touched on the noticeable differences between girls and boys in this area: the latter show more interest in political parties. 41 In 2016, Policy Solutions, a political research and consultancy institute published a study revealing that among young Generation Y or Millennial Hungarians(that is, those born between 1980 and 2000), men and boys are more likely to vote than their female peers. 42 A 2019 study published by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung(a political foundation linked to the German Green Party), examines the political integration of Hungarian university students and makes some comments regarding gender differences in support for particular parties. 43 The publication entitled Youth Study Hungary 2021 – Discontent, Polarisation, Pro-Europeanism, commissioned by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and authored by András Bíró-Nagy and Andrea Szabó, also covers the attitudes and values of the 15-29 age group towards politics and presents the results in a gender breakdown on several topics. 44 11