The debate over the leading party in politics... ORC surveyed young voters this time: The gap has widened

ORC Research shared the results of a public opinion poll conducted between July 16-20 with 2,470 young voters. The preference of young people in the survey, which asked the question "If there were a general election this Sunday, who would you vote for?", drew attention.

According to the survey, the Republican People's Party (CHP) ranked first in the voting preferences of young people aged 17-29 with 29.6 percent. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) remained in second place with 21.5 percent.

ZAFER PARTY THIRD, DEM FOURTH

According to the ORC survey, the vote shares of other parties were ranked as follows:

Zafer Party: 10.4%

DEM Party: 7.1%

MHP: 6.5%

New Welfare Party (YRP): 4.9%

İYİ Party: 4.4%

Turkish Workers' Party (TİP): 3.6%

Yenilik Party (YMP): 2.6%

Saadet Party (SP): 2.5%

Great Unity Party (BBP): 2.2%

Justice Party (A Party): 2.0%

According to these results, while the CHP became the clear leader among young people, the gap between it and the AKP exceeded 8 points.

ERDOĞAN: “WE ARE THE LEADING PARTY”

President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had made the following statement in response to a journalist who commented on the survey data by saying, “The CHP still claims they are the leading party”:

“There is no such thing as the CHP being the leading party. We conduct as many surveys as they do. Currently, the leading party in Turkey is the AK Party.”

SHARP RESPONSE FROM ÖZEL: “BRING IT ON!”

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel responded sharply to Erdoğan's statements. Özel said that if they truly believe the AKP is the leading party, they should be open to his call for an early election:

“We conduct as many surveys as they do. You say the AK Party is the leading party. No problem then. Bring it on, Sunday, November 2. If you are the leading party, come. You can even be a candidate. We will cast our votes. We will have the early election decision taken in Parliament. If you were the leading party, you would head to the ballot box doing cartwheels.”