Podcast4 percent of undecided voters return to ruling AKP, top pollster says
The founder and CEO of the MetroPOLL polling company Özer Sencar has said that the ruling AKP was able to win back the four percent of undecided voters who previously voted for them, under the leadership of President Erdoğan.
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Özer Sencar, the founder and CEO of the MetroPOLL polling company, has shared the latest survey results of MetroPOLL and the voting trend in 2022.
Sencar said that “since March, the undecided four percent of former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) voters have returned to their parties.”
Sencar said the source of the increase in the votes of the AKP in the September survey was the undecided voters who previously voted for the AKP.
“This clearly means that undecided AKP voters do not go to opposition parties. Even if 5 percent of the previous AKP voters who are now undecided return to AKP, it will be very difficult for the opposition in the election. In my opinion, the opposition does not seem to be aware of this situation,” Sencar said in a tweet.
Konuyla ilgilenen meraklı okuyucularımıza. Kararsızler dağıtılmadan önceki AKP oylarındaki oy artışının kaynağının kararsızlar kitlesi içindeki AKP kökenliler olduğu açık şekilde görülüyor. Mart ayından bu yana 4 puanlık kararsız AKP’li seçmen partilerine geri dönmüş. pic.twitter.com/yADStoUHGr
— Ozer Sencar (@ozersencar1) October 11, 2022
Sencar also told Abdülkadir Selvi from the daily Hürriyet that there are some reasons for those voters returning to the AKP.
Sencar said that Erdoğan has been implementing economic packages as part of the general election agenda like the increases in the minimum wage, pensions and wages of the officers, and new social housing projects.
“Those who broke away from the AKP did not go to other parties. They remained undecided. The rate of those who left the AKP among the undecided voters was 10 percent. The opposition could not get the attention of those who broke away from the AKP. Erdoğan now managed to get back 5 percent from them," he stated.
Sencar expressed that if the ruling alliance can win back the 6.5 percent of undecided voters, the ruling People's Alliance rises to 49 percent, while the opposition Nation Alliance remains at 42 percent.
“Erdoğan's strong leadership (is also effective). Erdoğan succeeded in strengthening the perception of strong leadership in his international meetings. His attitude in the Russia-Ukraine war, the creation of the grain corridor, his attitude towards Sweden and Finland in the expansion of NATO reinforced the perception of strong leadership of Erdoğan,” Sencar further added.
The upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections are planned to be held in June 2023.
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