Even Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen lost ten points of trust. In general, only five of the 27 politicians surveyed achieved a positive trust value, i.e. more positive than negative judgments.
For the APA/OGM trust index, a survey is carried out several times a year to determine how many voters trust or do not trust the respective politician. The balance of the two values results in the confidence index, with the Federal President traditionally achieving the highest value. In the current one, 933 representatively selected voters were questioned between July 12th and 13th. The maximum range of fluctuation is plus/minus 3.1 percent.
According to OGM boss Wolfgang Bachmayer, the last confidence index in March had already shown the lowest confidence values since the confidence index began more than 20 years ago. Now the decline in the level of trust has continued. According to Bachmayer, the main reason for this is dissatisfaction both with the communication and with the measures that are perceived as hesitant in connection with inflation and energy supply. In contrast, the pandemic issue, which has been dominant for more than two years, has “completely receded into the background”.
Van der Bellen is in first place with a balance of 32, although the Federal President also lost ten points of trust. After that comes Economics and Labor Minister Martin Kocher (ÖVP) with a balance of 13. The second President of the National Council, Doris Bures (SPÖ), is still in the plus, although she lost three points to 12 compared to March, Justice Minister Alma Zadic (Greens) with minus nine on seven points and Secretary of State for Culture Andrea Mayer (Greens) with a balance of two.
Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) has lost 13 points since March and has fallen to a negative nine confidence balance. Climate Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) loses trust to the same extent and falls back to a value of minus 25. Minister of Education Martin Polaschek (ÖVP) has to accept the biggest loss of minus 14 to minus 20.
The Green Vice-Chancellor Werner Kogler (minus 8 to minus 13) and the club representatives from SPÖ (Pamela Rendi-Wanger minus five to minus eleven), NEOS (Beate Meinl-Reisinger minus six to minus ten), Greens (Sigrid Maurer minus one to minus 26) and ÖVP (August Wöginger minus seven to minus 35). Only FPÖ boss and club chairman Herbert Kickl can gain seven points of trust, but is still in last place with a balance of minus 60.
According to Bachmayer, one positive change clearly stands out from the long series of losses of trust: Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens) was able to gain ten trust points against the negative trend and achieve a “comparatively acceptable value” of minus eight points. “The main reason may be that he has recently been more the Minister of Social Affairs and has played on social issues such as care reform and support for the socially disadvantaged in view of the galloping inflation,” said Bachmayer.
Source: Nachrichten
