\nAfter JD Vance visited Hungary last week to campaign for Orb\u00e1n, prediction markets trimmed the odds of an Orb\u00e1n win. \/ Jonathan Ernst\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Hungarians went to the polls in record numbers on Sunday, pushing turnout to 78 percent, the highest in any election in Hungary\u2019s post-Communist history.<\/p>\n
The stunning defeat of the European Union\u2019s longest-serving leader comes just days after Vance traveled to Hungary to campaign for Orb\u00e1n, who has close ties with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n
Vance, 41, participated in a MAGA-esque rally to hype up Orb\u00e1n, whom he called \u201cone of the only true statesmen in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the rally, Vance railed against what he referred to as European Union \u201cbureaucrats,\u201d who had \u201ctried to destroy the Hungarian economy\u201d because \u201cthey hate this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWill you stand for sovereignty and democracy, for truth and for the God of our forefathers?\u201d Vance asked the Hungarian voters. \u201cThen, my friends, go to the polls this weekend, stand with Viktor Orb\u00e1n, because he stands for you, and he stands for all these things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vance also called Trump into the rally, and while the president didn\u2019t pick up the call the first time, he eventually connected to the crowd to say, \u201cI love Hungary, and I love Viktor. I\u2019m telling you he\u2019s a fantastic man.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Vance\u2019s visit, prediction markets trimmed the odds of an Orb\u00e1n win.<\/p>\n
The Daily Beast has reached out to Vance\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n\n\nPeter Magyar, leader of the opposition Tisza party, speaks during the closing rally of his electoral campaign. Magyar, 45, is a former Orb\u00e1n loyalist who broke from the Fidesz party in 2024. \/ Marton Monus\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
In a speech on Sunday, Orb\u00e1n said the election result is \u201cpainful for us, but clear,\u201d according to The Guardian. \u201cThe responsibility for and the opportunity to govern were not given to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Over the last 16 years, MAGA\u2019s European darling clamped down on press freedoms and consolidated power to the executive branch as he has dismantled many checks and balances within the country\u2019s government.<\/p>\n
But it was Orb\u00e1n\u2019s close ties to Moscow, along with a languishing economy, that emerged as a major campaign issue in the election.<\/p>\n\n\nIt’s been a rough week for Vance, who also failed to reach a peace deal with Iranian leaders in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday. \/ Jonathan Ernst\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On the morning of Vance\u2019s trip last week, Bloomberg reported that Orb\u00e1n had called Putin in October 2025 to offer help to Moscow \u201cin any way\u201d to win the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Magyar, 45, a former Orb\u00e1n loyalist who broke from the Fidesz party in 2024, ran on an anti-corruption and pro-EU platform.<\/p>\n
If his Tisza party secures the supermajority it is currently projected to win, it would allow Magyar to dismantle key features of Orb\u00e1n\u2019s \u201cilliberal democracy,\u201d Politico reports. Orb\u00e1n\u2019s defeat also removes the EU\u2019s chief internal disruptor from its 27-member bloc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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