Corruption may not be an important poll issue in the 2014 polls if the results of a C fore poll published today (Sept 19) in the Hindustan Times (HT) are any indication. According to the poll, only 7% Delhiites consider corruption to be a poll issue.
Few months back, I had gone through two all-India poll surveys, conducted by the HT and The Week magazine. In these surveys also, only 10 per cent people (The Week survey) and 18 per cent people (HT survey) considered corruption to be a poll issue. So, corruption doesn't bother us much unless an Anna Hazare sits on a dharna at Jantar Mantar or Ram Lila Maidan.
The current C fore survey lists the following order of importance of poll issues as viewed by Delhiites:
The poll findings are a major setback to Delhi BJP as it predicts Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party spoiling its November poll party. For Kejriwal the happy news is that he is the choice of 22% Delhites for the CM post after the first choice Sheila Diskhit who may return as a fourth-time CM with 29% Delhites willing to give her the job.
A rider on this poll is that it was conducted before the naming of Narendra Modi as BJP's PM candidate. So, Modi's naming may enhance BJP's votes in Delhi if people are not going to give any importance to the recent Muzaffarnagar riots.
Another revelation from the C fore poll is that only 7% Delhiites consider increased power tariff to be a cause for concern. But sadly, both the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP have plastered Delhi walls with lakhs of posters promising 50%/30% cuts in power tariffs if voted to power.
In my July 7, 2013 post in this blog also I had written, "In Delhi the inflated power or water bills are not the real issues." And, now this poll shows the AAP and BJP disconnect with the people on the power tariff issue. Their anti-power tariff campaign also falls flat if viewed against the Delhi govt ads which proclaim that among major metropolitan cities (even Modi's Ahmedabad), Delhi has the lowest power tariff.
The C fore survey report is available at the following link:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/MyIndia-MyVote/Chunk-HT-UI-MyIndiaMyVote-Delhi/Delhi-CM-Dikshit-set-for-4th-term-Kejriwal-gains-over-BJP/SP-Article10-1123959.aspx
Few months back, I had gone through two all-India poll surveys, conducted by the HT and The Week magazine. In these surveys also, only 10 per cent people (The Week survey) and 18 per cent people (HT survey) considered corruption to be a poll issue. So, corruption doesn't bother us much unless an Anna Hazare sits on a dharna at Jantar Mantar or Ram Lila Maidan.
The current C fore survey lists the following order of importance of poll issues as viewed by Delhiites:
- Price rise — 35%
- Law/order and women security — 8%
- Corruption — 7%
- Increased power tariff — 7%
The poll findings are a major setback to Delhi BJP as it predicts Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party spoiling its November poll party. For Kejriwal the happy news is that he is the choice of 22% Delhites for the CM post after the first choice Sheila Diskhit who may return as a fourth-time CM with 29% Delhites willing to give her the job.
A rider on this poll is that it was conducted before the naming of Narendra Modi as BJP's PM candidate. So, Modi's naming may enhance BJP's votes in Delhi if people are not going to give any importance to the recent Muzaffarnagar riots.
Another revelation from the C fore poll is that only 7% Delhiites consider increased power tariff to be a cause for concern. But sadly, both the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP have plastered Delhi walls with lakhs of posters promising 50%/30% cuts in power tariffs if voted to power.
In my July 7, 2013 post in this blog also I had written, "In Delhi the inflated power or water bills are not the real issues." And, now this poll shows the AAP and BJP disconnect with the people on the power tariff issue. Their anti-power tariff campaign also falls flat if viewed against the Delhi govt ads which proclaim that among major metropolitan cities (even Modi's Ahmedabad), Delhi has the lowest power tariff.
The C fore survey report is available at the following link:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/MyIndia-MyVote/Chunk-HT-UI-MyIndiaMyVote-Delhi/Delhi-CM-Dikshit-set-for-4th-term-Kejriwal-gains-over-BJP/SP-Article10-1123959.aspx
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