OUTLOOK-MDRA OPINION POLL
Political Leaders Have Let Us Down
Over 80% think our leaders are too old. And surprisingly, 80% areregistered voters too. Read on.
Over 80% think our leaders are too old. And surprisingly, 80% are registered voters too. Read on.
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POLITICALAWARENESS | ||||
Correctly recalled | Wrongly recalled | |||
Overall | 48 | 52 | ||
Metro | 40 | 60 | ||
NonMetro | 56 | 44 | ||
Rural | 48 | 52 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 48 | 52 | ||
Female | 48 | 52 | ||
Correct Response | WrongRresponse | |||
Overall | 57 | 43 | ||
Metro | 55 | 45 | ||
NonMetro | 59 | 41 | ||
Rural | 56 | 44 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 58 | 42 | ||
Female | 55 | 45 | ||
Correctly Recalled | Wrongly Recalled | |||
Overall | 90 | 10 | ||
Metro | 94 | 6 | ||
NonMetro | 88 | 12 | ||
Rural | 88 | 12 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 89 | 11 | ||
Female | 90 | 10 | ||
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Yes | No | |||
Overall | 59 | 41 | ||
Metro | 67 | 33 | ||
NonMetro | 55 | 45 | ||
Rural | 54 | 46 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 65 | 35 | ||
Female | 52 | 48 | ||
Yes | No | |||
Overall | 29 | 71 | ||
Metro | 25 | 75 | ||
NonMetro | 35 | 65 | ||
Rural | 27 | 73 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 31 | 69 | ||
Female | 26 | 74 | ||
Notinterested in politics | 40 | |||
Politicalparties are corrupt | 12 | |||
Politicalparties do not have good policies and programmes | 12 | |||
Nofuture in politics | 9 | |||
Donot have money to enter politics | 3 | |||
Communalisationof political parties | 3 | |||
Yes | No | |||
Overall | 6 | 94 | ||
Metro | 7 | 93 | ||
NonMetro | 9 | 91 | ||
Rural | 2 | 97 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 8 | 92 | ||
Female | 4 | 96 | ||
Areyou a registered voter? | ||||
Yes | No | |||
Overall | 80 | 20 | ||
Metro | 71 | 29 | ||
NonMetro | 84 | 16 | ||
Rural | 84 | 16 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 83 | 17 | ||
Female | 77 | 23 | ||
Yes | No | |||
Overall | 64 | 36 | ||
Metro | 57 | 43 | ||
NonMetro | 58 | 42 | ||
Rural | 76 | 24 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 67 | 33 | ||
Female | 60 | 40 | ||
Nota voter | 67 | |||
Outof town | 19 | |||
Myvote will not make difference | 8 | |||
Didnot like party/candidate | 6 | |||
Yes | No | |||
Overall | 78 | 22 | ||
Metro | 63 | 37 | ||
NonMetro | 84 | 16 | ||
Rural | 85 | 15 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 81 | 19 | ||
Female | 74 | 26 | ||
Imageof leader | 35 | |||
Imageof party | 24 | |||
Developmentagenda of party | 13 | |||
Economicagenda of party | 7 | |||
Notregistered as voter | 33 | |||
Notinterested in politics | 17 | |||
Myvote will not make any difference | 14 | |||
Corruptionof leaders | 8 | |||
ISSUES AND CONCERNS | ||||
Unemployment | 64 | |||
EducationalFacilities | 11 | |||
Corruption | 5 | |||
Pricerise | 4 | |||
Poverty | 2 | |||
Unemployment | 36 | |||
Corruption | 15 | |||
Poverty | 9 | |||
FasterDevelopment | 7 | |||
Peaceand harmony | 5 | |||
PopulationControl | 3 | |||
BetterEducation Facilities | 3 | |||
Better | Same | Worse | ||
Overall | 33 | 27 | 32 | |
Metro | 46 | 21 | 30 | |
NonMetro | 33 | 28 | 30 | |
Rural | 21 | 34 | 37 | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 32 | 27 | 34 | |
Female | 35 | 29 | 29 | |
ATTITUDESAND PERCEPTION ABOUTPOLITICS/LEADERS / POLITICAL PARTIES | ||||
PERCEPTIONABOUT PARTIES | ||||
Yes | No | |||
Overall | 31 | 69 | ||
Metro | 25 | 75 | ||
NonMetro | 31 | 69 | ||
Rural | 38 | 62 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 34 | 66 | ||
Female | 29 | 71 | ||
Corrupt | 22 | |||
Partiesare not interested in development | 7 | |||
Nogood leader in parties | 4 | |||
Partieshave no principals | 4 | |||
Party’swork for development | 4 | |||
Goodfor democracy | 4 | |||
Powerhungry | 3 | |||
Createcommunal divide | 3 | |||
Poorpublic contact | 2 | |||
PERCEPTIONABOUT LEADERS | ||||
Yes | No | |||
Overall | 81 | 19 | ||
Metro | 84 | 16 | ||
NonMetro | 82 | 18 | ||
Rural | 77 | 23 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 80 | 20 | ||
Female | 82 | 18 | ||
Overall | 52 | 48 | ||
Metro | 52 | 48 | ||
NonMetro | 58 | 42 | ||
Rural | 46 | 54 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 54 | 46 | ||
Female | 50 | 50 | ||
Shocked | Indifferent | NoAlternative | ||
Overall | 34 | 34 | 32 | |
Metro | 30 | 30 | 40 | |
NonMetro | 35 | 37 | 28 | |
Rural | 37 | 35 | 28 | |
Sex | ||||
Male | 35 | 32 | 33 | |
Female | 32 | 37 | 31 | |
Yes | No | |||
Overall | 75 | 25 | ||
Metro | 74 | 26 | ||
NonMetro | 75 | 25 | ||
Rural | 76 | 24 | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 74 | 26 | ||
Female | 74 | 24 | ||
Corrupt | 33 | |||
Guardiansof the country | 7 | |||
Notinterested in development | 7 | |||
Allleaders are bad | 4 | |||
Lackof public contact | 2 | |||
Powerhungry | 2 | |||
Yes | No | |||
Overall | 49 | 51 | ||
Metro | 42 | 58 | ||
NonMetro | 48 | 52 | ||
Rural | 57 | 43 | ||
The survey covered 902 votersin the age group of 18-25 years spread across 10 cities and 12 villages in the country. The field work for thesurvey was conducted on April 22, 23 and 24. Some of the cities and towns covered in the survey are asfollows: Metro: Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore Towns: Kanpur, Surat, Patna, Bhopal, Vijaywada, Salem | ||||