The respondents almost universally agree that they choose a certain party because they identify with its programme (91%), with the party ideology (89%) and because they place trust in the party leaders (88%). There is slightly less broad consensus about the importance of existing activities of the party (78%). Two fifths of supporters of political parties say that their preferences are influenced by the political orientation of their family.
It does not come as a surprise that the factor of participation in party life ranked last among the reasons for supporting a party – less than a tenth of respondents currently considerer it to play an important role in their decision-making.
All respondents were also asked a question examining the behaviour of political parties in general. Current results show that 66% of respondents take a critical view of how parties behave, of which 37% generally dislike the behaviour of parties and 29% say that they are disgusted by the situation. On the other hand, 25% of those polled are critical of some parties only and 2% express general satisfaction with how political parties behave.
