For FPÖ voters, the choice within the European elections was best, says opinion researcher Peter Hajek. “They’re satisfied by the occasion, migration is a extremely emotional difficulty they usually wished to show the ‘system’ a lesson.” On behalf of ATV/Puls24, Hajek and his group surveyed 1,200 voters by telephone or on-line between June 4 and eight.
Like his rivals, Harald Vilimsky didn’t play a serious position because the main candidate – which, in line with Hajek, corresponds to the long-term development in EU elections. Because the voter move evaluation reveals, the Blues had been additionally finest in a position to mobilize the camp of non-voters and ÖVP voters.
The SPÖ was in a position to rating factors with its citizens on the problem of social justice. There was additionally an inflow of Inexperienced voters who modified their vote because of the fuss surrounding prime candidate Lena Schilling.
As in earlier years, the voting motives of ÖVP voters had been “classically” influenced by core voters. Reinhold Lopatka was the one main candidate who managed to mobilize voters primarily based on his persona.
Clear profile of the Neos
Based on Hajek, the Neos have it simpler at EU stage than at nationwide stage. With their very own positions, they’ve a “clear European profile that units them aside from the competitors.” 22 p.c of Pink voters mentioned that the “pro-European place” was the decisive issue for them.
For Inexperienced voters, local weather safety was – not surprisingly – the dominant difficulty. 50 p.c of Inexperienced voters surveyed named this as their strongest voting motive. In any case, they misplaced out due to the Lena Schilling case, however on the identical time there was a “solidarity impact”.
Talking of Lena Schilling: Based on Hajek, the allegations in opposition to the newcomer solely performed an essential position for one in ten voters. Solely 18 p.c of Neos voters admitted that they’d been “very influenced” of their voting resolution.
