Political

In a survey conducted in the summer of 2024, the Public Opinion Research Centre of the Instutute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic gave all respondents a series of questions in connection with the upcoming 35th anniversary of the 1989 November Revolution. The questions examined the views of the Czech public on the November Revolution and on changes in the political and economic system in general and in individual areas of life.

In the summer of 2024, the CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v. v. i. included a set of questions on corruption in its regular Our Society survey. Citizens expressed their opinion on the prevalence of corruption in the Czech Republic and also assessed perceived levels of corruption in selected institutions and areas of public life.

In summer 2024 survey the Public Opinion Research Center examined how the inhabitants of the Czech Republic assess the political culture of public officials and politicians: deputies, senators, representatives of regional and local self-governments and politicians from current parliamentary political parties.

More than half (56%) of respondents think politicians' morality should be judged more harshly than others, two-fifths (40%) believe it should be judged equally, and only 2% think it should be judged more leniently.
An overwhelming majority (52%) of Czech citizens think that only the political sphere should be taken into account when judging the morality of politicians, while just under half (46%) say that their private life should also be taken into account.
Only in 2023 and 2024 did we see a preponderance of opinion that the assessment of a politician's morality should only include the performance of his or her office.

In the regular Our Society survey of the Public Opinion Research Centre carried out during the summer months of 2024, respondents were asked a question determining their trust in selected social institutions and interpersonal trust.

In the period from the second decade of June to the end of August 2024 within the regular survey the Public Opinion Research Centre questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this survey there was a question about their trust to the President, both Chambers of Parliament, the Government, and Local and Regional Councils.

In the spring survey the Public Opinion Research Centre gave all respondents a question that at eleven-point scale measures the left-right political orientation: "In politics, people sometimes talk about right and left. Where would you place yourself ranked on this scale?"

The Czech public mainly favorably evaluates the possibility to express themselves openly about problems and shortcomings in society, the possibility to influence the solution of local problems and the possibility to achieve their legitimate demands. The majority is skeptical about the possibility of influencing the solution of problems at the national level.

Part of Public Opinion Research Centre survey in April and May were several questions concerning respondents' opinions on the functioning of democracy in the Czech Republic and non-democratic alternatives of political system.

More than half (55%) of respondents expressed satisfaction with the way democracy works in the Czech Republic, while more than two-fifths (43%) rated the functioning of democracy in our country critically.

The CVVM has included a set of questions on social and family policy in its regular Our Society survey, which will be conducted between March and May 2024. Respondents evaluated the government's overall approach to the social situation of families with children and commented on specific measures related to family policy.