IL drops 0.2 points a week and prepares for the ultimate cut: hitting 0% on 17 April 2027
The party that promised less State delivers on its promise within its own vote share: the line falls from 7.5% to 5.8% and nothing can stop it, not even the market.
The Iniciativa Liberal's polling trend line falls from 7.5% to 5.8%, down 0.2 points a week, according to Falsumundi's calculations based on 15 polls between September and October.
At this rate, the party reaches 0% on 17 April 2027. Industry sources insist it will be the first time a Portuguese party achieves a zero deficit without help from Brussels.
A strategist who asked not to be named argues that the decline is a choice. "We are slimming down the electorate, streamlining the machine and cutting out the middlemen. Votes were the last subsidy."
In Parliament, the remaining parties are preparing their response to the end of the IL benches. The left wants a study, the right wants a commission, and the Assembly's pigeon has already reserved the vacant seat.
The last liberal voter will be asked to turn off the light. They will pay for the electricity at market prices.
They promised less State, but forgot that the first thing to be cut would be the electorate.
