Dutch voters head to polls in high-stakes election testing populism's grip

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : He proposes saving funds by denying all asylum requests - which would violate EU treaties - sending male Ukrainian refugees back to Ukraine, and halting development aid to finance energy and healthcare benefits.
44% : The Dutch vote in a national election on Wednesday with a choice between doubling down on the anti-immigration nationalism of populist Geert Wilders, who sank the last conservative coalition after a fractious two years, or a return to the centre.
43% : In Volendam, a fishing town near Amsterdam and a Wilders stronghold, some locals are sticking with him even after the last government with his pick for prime minister failed to deliver the EU's toughest immigration regime or address an acute housing shortage.

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