This also applies to the electorate of the three strongest parties ÖVP, FPÖ and SPÖ. Only among the Greens did environmental and climate protection dominate the discussions by far. No data were evaluated for the NEOS and MFG because the number of cases was too low. Overall, 46 percent of voters said they had “discussed the Corona issue a lot”. 35 percent discussed the costs of daily life a lot, 30 percent health care and nursing, 29 percent each of the opportunities for young people in Upper Austria or jobs and working conditions, and 27 percent immigration and integration.
Another big topic is the cost of everyday life
Interesting: Among ÖVP voters, Corona was only “much discussed” to 37 percent, so it was only slightly ahead of health care and nursing (34 percent). The viral disease was discussed much more often among FPÖ voters (55 percent), closely followed by the costs of daily life (54 percent) and immigration / integration (52 percent). With SPÖ voters, the corona issue also dominated the discussions (44 percent), followed by the costs of daily life (42 percent) and health care / care (38 percent). The Green voters differ significantly from the other parties: With them, environmental and climate protection was the most discussed topic (78 percent). Corona (42 percent) ranked only fourth among them after the opportunities for young people in Upper Austria (45 percent) and education (43 percent).
The assessment of the development of Upper Austria since the last election in 2015 has been mixed: around 45 percent rated them neutrally, while blocks of roughly the same size rated them positive (26 percent) or negative (29 percent). Unsurprisingly, the voting behavior of these people: 67 percent of those who are of the opinion that Upper Austria has developed rather positively since 2015 voted for the ÖVP. For those people who tend to see a negative development, the FPÖ is number one.
Significant differences according to age of the voters
There were clear differences in the election results depending on the age of the voters. Among the 16-29-year-olds, the Greens (26 percent) and ÖVP (25 percent) were neck and neck, followed by the FPÖ (21 percent) and the SPÖ (13 percent). In contrast, the ÖVP is already clearly in the lead among 30 to 59-year-olds. It comes to 33 percent in this age group, followed by the FPÖ (24 percent), the SPÖ (18 percent) and the Greens (ten percent). Among the over-60s, the ÖVP even had an absolute majority of 53 percent, 23 percent of this age group was booked by the SPÖ, twelve percent by the FPÖ and eight percent by the Greens.
ÖVP and Green parties of the high earners
The ÖVP tends to be a party of high earners, the Greens even clearly. 41 percent of people who get along well with their household income voted for the ÖVP. For those who find it hard to get by, the ÖVP only comes to 30 percent. This gap is even greater among the Greens: among the high-earners they come to 16 percent, among the low-income earners only five percent. It is exactly the other way around with the FPÖ: it got 32 percent of people who get along poorly with their household income – it was only 14 percent of those with high incomes. Practically the scales at 18 and 19 percent are the respective proportions in the SPÖ.
