A recent public opinion poll, the results of which were released today, reveals that more than 40% of the respondents have lost all faith in political parties, while about half said they would not re-elect their current constituency MPs.
Conducted by the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), the survey shows that, when asked to comment on political parties presently represented in parliament, both government and opposition, 41.9% of the respondents said that they had completely lost hope, while 34% feel rather hopeless, while 20.9% retain some hope and 2.98% are very hopeful.
When asked if they would vote for the same party in the party-list system, a form of proportional representation, as in the 2023 election, 40% said no, 29% said yes, 26.9% were undecided and 3% said they had never voted or did not cast a ballot in the last election.
The poll was conducted on August 13th and 14th among 1,310 respondents nationwide, focusing on the public’s opinions of the performance of MPs and the role of political parties in solving the country’s problems.
When asked about satisfaction with their constituency MPs, 32% said they are not very satisfied, 28% said they are not satisfied at all, 27% are fairly satisfied and only 11.6% are very satisfied.
On whether respondents would vote for their current constituency MPs again if an election were held today, 50.69% said they would not, 23.7% said they would and 25.5% are undecided.
