Polarised Austria faces presidential vote


Norbert Hofer won more than a third of the vote in the first round of the presidential vote

"Immer wieder Oesterreich," - Austria, again and again - sang supporters of Norbert Hofer at his final campaign rally before Sunday's presidential run-off election.
It was a sunny evening in a working-class district of Vienna. Some people had brought along their children, others their dogs. They waved Austrian flags and carried blue balloons - the colour of the far-right Freedom Party.
Many of them believe that victory for Mr Hofer is within reach.
In the first round of the presidential election in April, he won a clear victory, 35% of the vote compared with the 21% gained by his nearest rival, Alexander van der Bellen, who is backed by the
Hofer supporters were confident of victory at the party's final rally on Friday evening
It represented the Freedom Party's best result ever at a federal level. "Immer wieder Oesterreich," "Austria, again and again," sang supporters of Norbert Hofer, at his final campaign rally for President.
For the first time since World War Two, the two parties that have dominated Austrian politics for decades, the Social Democrats and the conservative People's Party, were both knocked out of the race.
A political earthquake had occurred in this small, wealthy central European country.
And there were consequences. Shortly afterwards, the Social Democrat leader, Chancellor Werner Faymann, resigned after a revolt in his party over the failure to stop the Freedom Party, which has been on the rise here for years.
And now the smiling, softly spoken Mr Hofer could be on the verge of becoming the first far-right head of state in the European Union. The run-off vote on Sunday is expected to be close.
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