A part of the Italians, to be precise the residents of Valle d’Aosta, Veneto, Liguria, Tuscany, Marche, Puglia and Campania will go to the polls, whoever wants to do so, on Sunday 20 and Monday 21 September 2020 to cast their vote at regional elections. Everyone, however, will be able to give their vote to confirmatory referendum on the cut of parliamentarians.
Having said that, not being able to talk about the relative voting intentions, due to the ban on disclosure and publication of political electoral polls, the broadcast A clean sweep conducted by Corrado Formigli and broadcast on La7, Thursday 17 September, announces the sentiment of Italians who could somehow influence the decision on the vote, depending on how they experienced the COVID-19 pandemic. THE Index Research surveys reveal the moods of Italians.
Index polls: the sentiment of Italians on the eve of the vote
More than six months after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Index asks how is the economic situation compared to last year. 56.3% of Italians say that nothing has changed. 29.4% said it got worse; just 4.9% respond that it has improved, while 9.4% prefer not to answer.
How do Italians look to the future? The outcome of the survey goes almost in one direction: even 79.9% say they are worried; only 16.9% expressed confidence, therefore optimism. 3.2% is divided between those who do not know and those who do not want to answer.
The Index polls wanted to find out with what emotion Italians look to the future, which looks a bit like the previous question even if a bit more specific. Indeed, here is the difference between the uncertain and the fearful. 57.5% feel a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety; 24.3% are afraid or at least fear the future. Confident and hopeful are enclosed in 15.9%, while 2.3% do not know or prefer not to reveal their emotion.
To the question “What is your biggest concern”, 42.6% indicates the economic recovery; 22.4% are worried more than anything else about work, 20.6% fear a new lockdown or in any case COVID-19. Only 9.4% do not express any great concern, while 5.0% of Italians abstain from answering the question Index.
Is there confidence in the recovery of the Italian economy? Also in this case there is a wide pessimism: 70.8% say they have little or no pessimism; 15.4%, on the contrary, have a lot of confidence or at least enough, the percentage of those who do not express themselves rises to 13.8%.
The Index survey also investigates how much confidence Italians have in a good use of European funds. 50.9% have little or no confidence, 38.3% say they are very or quite confident, while 10.8% refrain from responding.
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