Political Preferences

SUMMARY

The section includes participants' preferred political party if an election were held today, their self-placement on the left-right political spectrum, and their evaluation of President Erdoğan’s performance.

• Which party would you vote for if an election were held today? (Direct preference and after undecided voters are distributed)
• Where do you place yourself on the left-right political spectrum?
• What grade would you give Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for his performance as president?

Approximately two-fifths of society do not express a direct voting preference; they state they are either undecided or non-voter. In direct political preferences, it is observed that the Yeniden Refah Party and subsequently the Zafer Party are beginning to become mainstream. As age increases, the AK Party's rate increases while the rate of undecided voters decreases. Among groups separated by employment status, the group with the highest rate of undecided voters is students. The CHP's rate is high among white-collar workers, the AK Party's among housewives, and the DEM Party's among the unemployed. A positive relationship is observed between income level and the tendency to vote for the CHP. On a left-right axis asked as 1 being the furthest left and 10 being the furthest right, society places itself mostly in the middle, followed by the two extreme ends of the axis. The Turkey average is just to the right of the center at 5.8 points. Among demographic groups, those who define themselves furthest to the left are students, while those defining themselves furthest to the right are those over 70. It is seen that there is a relationship between position on the scale and education level, and age. Among political groups, CHP supporters are located furthest to the left, and MHP supporters furthest to the right. Erdoğan's performance score is 2.7. The highest scorers are AK Party voters, while the lowest scorers are Zafer Party voters.