A survey conducted in February 2025 found that the most important issue for ** percent of Americans was inflation and prices. A further ** percent of respondents were most concerned about jobs and the economy.

According to a survey from late December 2024, the two most important issues among Republican voters in the United States were inflation and immigration, with ** and ** percent ranking it their primary political concerns respectively. In contrast, only *** percent of Democrats considered immigration their most important issue. Inflation and healthcare were the leading issues among democrats in the U.S.

When considering who to vote for in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, the economy was the most important issue for more than half of Republicans, compared to only 14 percent of Democrats. Preserving democracy was the most important issue among Democrats when deciding who to vote for.

According to a 2023 survey, inflation and gas prices were the most important issues for Gen Z and Millennial voters in the United States. Additionally, nearly one-third of voters between 18 and 34 years old considered abortion a top political issue heading into the 2024 election.

According to exit polling in ten key states of the 2024 presidential election in the United States, roughly 90 percent of voters who considered the economy their most important issue voted for Donald Trump. In comparison, 74 percent of those who considered abortion their most important issue voted for Kamala Harris.

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According to a survey conducted in June 2024, 59 percent of French respondents declared that purchasing power will be one of the most important issues in their choice for the vote in the legislative elections of 2024. Over one-third of the respondents also mentioned immigration, as one of the most decisive issues. On the other hand, unemployment was cited by only 5 percent of those surveyed.

According to a survey conducted in April 2024, just a few weeks before the European Parliament elections, when asked about the key issues in the elections' vote, 39 percent of the French respondents mentioned purchasing power and immigration as two of the most important issues. On the other hand, only seven percent of French respondents mentioned unemployment as a key topic in the EU's Parliament elections.

The data include views on Finland's 2024 presidential election, collected from the same respondents in three rounds of surveys. The data was collected as part of the Public Opinion Panel, which is part of The Finnish Research Infrastructure for Public Opinion (FIRIPO). The survey started by asking respondents about their voting behaviour, for example whether they planned to vote in the presidential election and, if so, which presidential candidate they planned to vote for. In the same context, reasons for not voting were also asked. The survey started by asking respondents about their voting behaviour, for example whether they planned to vote in the presidential election and, if so, which presidential candidate they planned to vote for. In the same context, reasons for not voting were also asked. Next, respondents were asked what they thought about each of the presidential candidates and who they thought would be running against each other in the second round of the election. Respondents were also asked questions about their political and societal knowledge. In the next round of the survey, respondents were asked which candidate they voted for in the first round. They were also asked whether they intended to vote in the second round of the presidential election and, if so, for which candidate. In the same context, they were asked about the possibility of not voting. In the last round of the questionnaire, respondents were asked which candidate they voted for and what factors influenced this decision. Background variables included the respondent's age, gender, highest level of education, political party preference, electoral area, and municipality type.

The economy was seen by 49 percent of people in the UK as one of the top three issues facing the country in June 2025. The ongoing cost of living crisis afflicting the UK, driven by high inflation, is still one of the main concerns of Britons. Immigration has generally been the second most important issue since the middle of 2024, just ahead of health, which was seen as the third-biggest issue in the most recent month. Labour's popularity continues to sink in 2025 Despite winning the 2024 general election with a strong majority, the new Labour government has had its share of struggles since coming to power. Shortly after taking office, the approval rating for Labour stood at -2 percent, but this fell throughout the second half of 2024, and by January 2025 had sunk to a new low of -47 percent. Although this was still higher than the previous government's last approval rating of -56 percent, it is nevertheless a severe review from the electorate. Among several decisions from the government, arguably the least popular was the government withdrawing winter fuel payments. This state benefit, previously paid to all pensioners, is now only paid to those on low incomes, with millions of pensioners not receiving this payment in winter 2024. Sunak's pledges fail to prevent defeat in 2024 With an election on the horizon, and the Labour Party consistently ahead in the polls, addressing voter concerns directly was one of the best chances the Conservatives had of staying in power in 2023. At the start of that year, Rishi Sunak attempted to do this by setting out his five pledges for the next twelve months; halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce national debt, cut NHS waiting times, and stop small boats. A year later, Sunak had at best only partial success in these aims. Although the inflation rate fell, economic growth was weak and even declined in the last two quarters of 2023, although it did return to growth in early 2024. National debt was only expected to fall in the mid to late 2020s, while the trend of increasing NHS waiting times did not reverse. Small boat crossings were down from 2022, but still higher than in 2021 or 2020. .

As of April 2025, the economy was seen as the most important issue facing the UK according to young voters (aged between 18 and 24). Compared with the overall population, housing and the environment are seen as more important issues than immigration, which was the joint-second most important issue for the general population.

As of April 2025, 13 percent of people in the UK thought that the Labour Party would be the best at handling immigration and asylum, compared with 14 percent who felt that the Conservatives would be the best, and seven percent who thought the Liberal Democrats would handle immigration the best.

According to an October 2024 survey, young Americans were much more likely to vote for Kamala Harris in the November 2024 presidential elections. Of those between the ages of 18 and 29, 60 percent said they were planning on voting for Harris, compared to 33 percent who said they planned on voting for Trump. In contrast, Trump was much more popular among those between 45 and 64 years old.

As of May 2025, 36 percent of people in Great Britain thought that Keir Starmer was better for the job of Prime Minister than the Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, with 25 percent believing she would be better for the job. Although Starmer is currently seen as better suited for the job as Prime Minister, the approval ratings for his government have declined considerably since winning the election, sinking to a low of -54 percent in March 2025. Sunak vs Starmer Shortly after succeeding Truss as Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak was seen by 30 percent of people as the best person for the job, just four percentage points behind Keir Starmer. Twenty months later, however, on the eve of the 2024 general election, just 19 percent of people thought Sunak was the best choice, compared with 35 percent for Starmer. Despite pledging to address the main issues facing the country at the start of 2023, Sunak struggled to convince voters. Although inflation peaked in 2022, and declined throughout 2023, the cost of living crisis afflicting people in the UK lingered on, while progress on improving the NHS proved elusive. The Conservatives suffered a clear defeat in the 2024 election, winning just 121 seats, compared with 365 in 2019. Scandals and mini budgets After becoming Prime Minister in late 2019, a series of controversies harmed the popularity of Boris Johnson among voters, and eventually forced his resignation. The Partygate scandal, which revealed that senior government officials held parties at Downing Street, during the COVID-19 lockdown, was the most severe. When the issue came to a head in Summer 2022, Johnson survived the initial political backlash, including an attempted vote of no-confidence in his leadership, but he was forced to resign his position after a wave of senior ministers resigned from his government between July 5-7, 2022. Although Liz Truss won the leadership contest that followed the resignation of Johnson, her time in office was by far the shortest of any Prime Minister. After an unorthodox mini-budget resulted in an acute economic crisis, she resigned her position after less than 50 days in the job

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The study on social and political attitudes in 2024 was conducted by forsa on behalf of the Federal Government´s Press and Information Office. People aged 14 and over were surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI) on the following topics: assessment of their own financial situation, satisfaction with various areas of life, perception of the Federal Government´s policies and assessment of the global and European political situation. The respondents were selected using a multi-stage random sample.
Assessment of own financial situation compared to one year ago; expected own financial situation in one year; currently favorable time for major purchases vs. rather reluctant; development of things in the country in the right vs. wrong direction; perceived political issues of the federal government (open); satisfaction with various areas of life (quality of life in Germany, democracy in Germany, social cohesion in Germany, healthcare in Germany, situation on the labour market in Germany, social security in Germany, dealing with other opinions in Germany, own life overall, own financial situation, status of digitalization in Germany, German education system and public administration); credibility of the information provided by the federal government; assessment of the global and European political situation: concerns about a threat to world peace; global crises that pose the greatest threat to Germany (open); opinion on Germany´s responsibility in view of the current global political situation (Germany should take on more responsibility, take on less responsibility or Germany is already doing enough); opinion on Germany´s role in the European Union (Germany shows too little consideration for other member states, shows too much consideration for other member states or behaves exactly right).

Demography: sex; age (categorized); employment; education; net household income; party preference (intention to vote in the federal election); voting behavior in the last federal election; income situation low, medium, high (net equivalent income).

Additionally coded were: quarter; region west/east; weighting factor.

In 2024, the African National Congress (ANC) party lost the majority share in the national assembly election in South Africa, with 40.2 percent. This was the lowest share of votes recorded since the introduction of the country's first democratic election in 1994. However, the 2024 election revealed a significant change in ANC voter support, with a 17-percentage point drop from the previous election year. Growing challenges affecting the ANC’s popularity South Africans are battling various issues concurrently. One of their main concerns is unemployment and job security. In May 2024, a survey conducted in 29 countries worldwide found that South Africa had the highest share of citizens who were worried about unemployment, with 67 percent. In fact, excessive power outages have exacerbated unemployment as it disrupts production, prevents businesses from growing, and weakens investment. The reduction in the ANC party’s support can be attributed to unresolved serious issues such as these. Rise of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party was launched in December 2023 by South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma. The introduction of the MK party turned out to be a major game changer in the national and provincial elections held on May 29, 2024. For instance, support for the ANC in the KwaZulu-Natal province declined by just over 37 percent compared to the previous election in 2019. MK’s success is likely due to Zuma’s popularity as a Zulu traditionalist and his willful disregard for the established authority. Overall, the party made considerable gains in their first election and surpassed the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) to place third in the 2024 national elections.

Each County Clerk in Idaho is responsible for records of current voter precinct boundaries by their County per Idaho State Code 34-301. The County Clerk or their designee is required to provide the Idaho Secretary of State (SOS) with this information no later than January 15th in a general election year. Those submissions, submitted in a variety of formats ranging from pdfs, shapefiles, and REST Services are aggregated into one dataset by the Idaho Secretary of States Office and the Idaho Office of Information Technology Services (ITS). Data is manually inspected for anomalies and inconsistent data (duplicate names, missing and overlapping precincts) and issues are resolved during an interactive collaborative process involving the respective county and the SOS office. Precincts along county boundaries are aligned to the best available county boundary data and topology checks are performed to ensure there are no gaps (except along large water bodies and the state boundary) and overlaps.As precincts are changed, deleted and created, those new precincts are added to the dataset. Using filters (ACTIVE = 'Y') as well date fields describing when a given precinct boundary was active this dataset can be used for both current and historic precincts. Data goes back to the 2024 election year.

Immigration was seen as the most important issue facing Germany as of June 2025, selected by 31 percent of people as a problem that month. The economy was seen by 27 percent of people in Germany as a major issue, and was the second most-common response in the most recent survey. Germany's economic struggles Once the economic powerhouse of Europe, the Germany economy has been struggling for several years, and even shrank in 2023 and 2024. In part, this is due to external factors, such as the War in Ukraine putting an end to Germany's supply of cheap Russian gas, and a more protectionist global trade environment harming Germany's export-driven businesses. On the other hand, there has been a chronic lack of investment in the country, in part due to fiscal restraints built into the German constitution. Collapse of the traffic light coalition The issue of removing these fiscal restraints, in particular the "debt-brake", was the eventual reason that brought down the government of Olaf Scholz in late 2024. In power since the 2021 election, Scholz's government consisted of three political parties, Scholz's own SPD, the German Greens, and the pro-businesses FDP. The contradictions inherent in a three-party coalition eventually rose to the surface in late 2024, when the FDP leadership split with the government over economic policy, causing the collapse of the government. All three parties saw their vote share decline considerably, in the subsequent election in February 2025, with the FDP unable to clear the five percent threshold required to win seats in parliament.