Asylum, Inflation, Education: These Were the Election Motives in the Vienna Election 2025
In the election survey conducted by FORESIGHT and ISA for ORF for today's Vienna municipal council election, 58 percent of respondents stated that they consider Vienna a livable city. This is significantly less than in the last election in 2020, when 74 percent of voters felt this way. This time, however, 37 percent stated that Vienna has "lost a lot of quality of life", compared to 23 percent in the last election.
What are the election motives?
Nevertheless, just over half, namely 51 percent, are "very satisfied" (10 percent) or "quite satisfied" (41 percent) with the current city government. 24 percent stated they are "not very satisfied" and 20 percent "not satisfied at all". The main election motives were the topics "Asylum and Immigration" with 47 percent and "Price Increases and Inflation" with 34 percent. "Education" (23 percent), "Crime and Security" (19 percent), and "Healthcare and Nursing" (18 percent) were less decisive for the election.
63 percent look at Vienna's financial budget with "concern" and "anger"
Only 29 percent of respondents stated they look at the city's financial budget with confidence. Similarly, a minority, namely 36 percent, look with confidence at the ability of politics to manage the coexistence of Vienna's population well. 39 percent view this issue with concern, 16 percent with anger. The rest did not provide an answer or did not want to commit. Compared to 2020, the timing of the election decision remained relatively stable: In 2020, 71 percent had made their decision more than three weeks before the election, this time it was 73 percent. Only 10 percent made their election decision in the last few days.
Survey before the Vienna election
For the study, 2,494 people were surveyed between April 17 and 26, 2,033 of whom were declared voters. Telephone and online interviews were conducted, with a margin of error of about two percent.
(APA/Red)
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