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Are Dutch voters really turning to populist Geert Wilders?By Anna Holligan BBC News, The HagueDutch voters choose a new government in March 2017 and if the polls are right, the right-wing Freedom Party (PVV) of populist leader Geert Wilders is surging ahead of his rivals and is set to win 35 seats.A quick calculation suggests almost three million people would vote for Geert Wilders. Anti-Islam and anti-immigration, he will hear on Friday whether a court has found him guilty of hate speech towards Moroccan immigrants.But where are the PVV's voters?The traditional method for tracking down PVV supporters down generates zero results, says political scientist Andre Krouwel."The PVV has no party organisation or local branches, no member or activist base, he is the only member of the party."Read More At: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38253122
