About 218 Percent Of Voters Consider Economy Most Pressing Issue Polls

About 21.8 percent of voters in a recent poll consider the economy as the most pressing issue facing the country today.

Seventy-five percent of such voters rate the current economic issue as very high or high.

The polls conducted by Data Insight Group of JOB Group Limited and Chartered Media Consult revealed that similarly, with a high unemployment rate and youth unemployment, hovering around 14.7 percent, it was not surprising that more than 16 percent of voters consider unemployment as the second highest issue the country was currently facing.

Although government is not a direct employer, it is essential to address employment obstacles and create opportunities for sustainable economic growth.

Education was rated as number three while healthcare remained the fourth most pressing issue among voters with no jump or drop in position when compared to the previous poll.

Energy remains the 5th most pressing issue among voters.

Mr Osei Boakye, Managing partner of Chartered Media Consult, said “In a more fascinating turn of events, chance for voters to be politically knowledgeable and be engaged is very significant.”

He said with political campaigns, gaining momentum, voters’ engagement was starting to be more competitive.

According to the polls, only 36 percent of voters would decisively vote for the incumbent party for Presidential which was a 4.0 point gain in share from the last poll in May.

While 52 percent of voters will firmly vote for other parties and 12 percent may either vote for the incumbent or other parties for Presidential.

For parliamentary seats, the poll affirmed predictions from previous poll data that no single major political party would be able to secure a simple majority in parliament.

Mr. Ebenezer Obeng-Nyarkoh, Lead Analyst of the Data Insight Group, said, “This is clearly an chance for more independent candidates to jump in the race since chances of securing the seat from incumbent is high.”

He said generally, there was a link between rising unemployment resulting in anti-incumbent and, given that 44 percent of voters would not vote for the incumbent party and this clearly offered an chance for independents to outperform mainstream establishment.GNA