According to the poll, carried out by Voxmeter on behalf of the Ritzau news wire, just 5.8 percent of Danes support the Liberal Party, down from 10.1 percent in the election held on March 24th. That was already the party's worst ever election result.
If the Liberals garnered just 5.8 percent of the vote in an election, it would mean a drop from the current 18 seats to just 10, with the party dropping from Denmark's third largest to the third smallest.
Last week, the Liberals were polling at 7 percent, a slight drop on the previous week where they were polling at 7.1 percent.
The drop in support is believed to be due to the fact that the survey took place following the approval of a new controversial fertiliser law, which caused divisions within the party itself and among its core rural supporters, with many in the agricultural sector traditionally supporting the party.
In contrast, the Danish People's Party is polling at 14.1 percent, the party's best figures since April 2019.
The Liberals are historically a party of power and have held the Prime Ministerial post for many years since the turn of the millennium, first with Anders Fogh Rasmussen between 2001 and 2009, and later with Lars Løkke Rasmussen (no relation), between 2015-2019.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen later formed the centrist Moderates, which took a large number of Liberal Party voters, while former Liberal minister Inger Støjberg formed the far-right Denmark Democrats, which also attracted more right-wing voters from her old party.
The survey is based on a combination of telephone and online interviews of 1,003 adults, and it took place between Monday, September 13th and Sunday, September 20th.
There is a statistical uncertainty of 1.4 percent in the Liberals' figures.
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