According to the national poll of “Turkey Report”, compiled by independent think-tank Istanbul Economic Research, the rate of those who said “I would never vote for the AK Party” in October reached 40.4 percent.
Turkey Report published the results of its poll with 2 thousand people in 26 provinces across Turkey in October. The question “Which party would you definitely not vote for?” was asked to the respondents.
As of October 2022, the results were as follows:
– The rate of those who say “I will never vote for the AK Party” is 40.4 percent.
– The rate of those who say “I will never vote for HDP” is 24 percent.
– The rate of those who say “I will never vote for CHP” is 17.4 percent.
– The rate of those who say “I will never vote for the MHP” is 4 percent.
– The rate of those who said “I would never vote for the Good Party” was 2 percent.
These rates were as follows in February 2021:
– The rate of those who say “I will never vote for the AK Party” is 29.3 percent.
– The rate of those who say “I will never vote for HDP” is 39.6 percent.
– The rate of those who say “I will never vote for CHP” is 13.9%
– The rate of those who say “I will never vote for the MHP” is 6.8 percent.
– The rate of those who say “I will never vote for the Good Party” is 0.9 percent.
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Commenting on the survey, Turkey Report Director Can Selçuki said, “We periodically ask voters which party they will not vote for. When the question is phrased this way, we are also checking the accuracy of the 40-60 division of the naiton vote between the governing coalition and the opposition, which has been steady for about a year in Turkey”.
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Stating that the rate of those who say “I will never vote for the AK Party” was 29.3 percent in February 2021, Selçuki added, “We observe that those who say that they will never vote for MHP have dropped again after experiencing an increase over 2022, but the rise continues in the antagonism to AKP.”
Selçuki said, “What the opposition needs to do in order to win the election is to try to better its 60 percent potential under the leadership of the Table of Six, the six-party main oppositon alliance led by center-elft CHP and cnetre-right IYIP. The trick is not to agitate voters who might be angry with the government because of the economy. These may prefer not to vote, instead of voting for the opposition, unless their sensitvieis are addressed delicately.
On the other hand, the job of the government is more difficult. Because the main goal of the opposition is to preserve what is at hand, while the goal of the government is to bring back those who have left,” he said.
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