Bad news for Erdoğan from a pro-government company's poll: Özel achieves a first in 74 years
The results of a poll conducted by Hakan Bayrakçı, owner of SONAR Research, known for its proximity to the government, for his private subscribers have been revealed. In the poll conducted in July, while the job approval rating of AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues to decline, CHP leader Özgür Özel has become the first CHP chairman since 1950 to be accepted by nearly half of the public.
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Striking results have emerged from the latest poll conducted by Hakan Bayrakçı's company, SONAR Research, who had predicted that Ekrem İmamoğlu would win in Istanbul by a 7-point margin before the March 31 Local Elections, and who was consequently subjected to criticism bordering on insults by government circles.
ÖZEL ACHIEVES A FIRST IN 74 YEARS
According to a report by Gerçek Gündem, in the poll conducted in July with a total of 3,271 people across 24 provinces, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel's job approval rating, which was 39.5 percent in June, rose to 39.6 percent in July. The rate of those who do not approve of his performance fell from 41 percent to 40.6 percent. While the rate of undecided voters was 11.5 percent, the rate of those with no opinion or no answer was 8.3 percent. The SONAR poll included the statement for Özel: "He is the first CHP chairman in 74 years, since 1950, to be approved by nearly half of the voters."
ERDOĞAN'S JOB APPROVAL RATING FELL
In SONAR's research, the decline in the job approval rating of AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan drew attention. Erdoğan's job approval rating, which was 43.4 in June, fell to 41.1 in July. The rate of those who do not approve rose from 44.6 percent to 45 percent. While the rate of undecided voters was 9.3 percent, it was noted that this rate was 6.2 percent last month.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE ECONOMY
According to the research, the most important problem in Turkey is the economy. The rate of the economy, which was the most important problem at 55.5 percent in June, rose to 60.8 percent in July. The economy was followed by refugees at 6.6 percent, injustice at 6.3 percent, and terrorism at 3.2 percent. The rate of those who said Turkey has no problems was 1.5 percent.
To the question of whether the Turkish economy will get better or worse in the next six months, 67.5 percent of the participants answered that it would get worse. The rate of those who said the economy would get better was 18.7 percent, those who said it would not change was 7.1 percent, and those who did not answer was 6.6 percent.
72.3 percent of the survey participants stated that they had experienced a decline in their financial situation in the last year, 8.7 percent experienced an improvement, and 17.9 percent said it remained the same. The rate of those who did not answer was 1.1 percent.