Jászfényszaru, Hungary – Like many of her fellow volunteers, Hungarian beautician Krisztina Menczel sat idle in the past elections that kept nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban in power.
But opposition leader Peter Magyar’s hopes of ending the longstanding premier’s 16-year reign in Hungary rest in no small part on firsttime campaigners like Menczel.
“Canvassing has a big impact,” the 41-year-old said in Jaszfenyszaru, a central Hungarian town long considered a stronghold of Orban’s Fidesz party. “Even those who wouldn’t dare reveal their political preferences come over and chat with us.”
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