According to a recent survey, health costs, pensions and climate change and the three greatest concerns among Switzerland’s population.
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The online survey published by Tamedia on 26 August 2022 looks at support for the main political parties along with the main concerns of voters. Since the previous survey on 5 January 2022, support for the PLR/FDP (+1.4 percentage points) and Liberal Green Party (+1.3 percentage points) has risen. While the Green (-1.4 percentage points), Socialist (-0.6 percentage points) and Centre (-0.4 percentage points) parties all lost ground. The UDC/SVP gained slightly (+0.3) and remained Switzerland’s most popular party with 25.7% support, followed by the PLR/FDP (16.4%), Socialists (16.2%), Centre (13.4%), Greens (11.8%) and Liberal Greens (9.2%).
Regarding voter concerns, 67% were concerned about the cost of healthcare, 60% about the state of pensions and 56% about climate change. Further down the list were EU relations (45%), immigration (38%) and education (36%).
Climate change made the top five concerns among Green (94% – 1st), Liberal Green (83% – 1st), Socialist (82% – 1st) PLR/FDP (45% – 4th) and Centre (60% – 3rd) party supporters. However, it didn’t make the top five among UDC/SVP supporters.
In addition, the survey asked people whether they expected winter energy shortages. 64% thought there would be, a figure that rose to 70% among women.
26,298 people across Switzerland participated in the survey between 15 and 16 August 2022.
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Tamedia survey (in German)
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