Public opinion

A global country average of 74% of people, in the 29 countries surveyed, agreed in principle that people should be able to take refuge in other countries, including their own, to escape war or persecution.

The Ipsos Global Advisor Study regularly asks respondents from around the world, including New Zealand, for their views on different topics. Recently, Ipsos conducted a study across 29 countries to explore the perceptions of the current infrastructure in different countries.
In New Zealand, 561 people aged 18–74 participated in this survey and expressed their views regarding infrastructure in New Zealand.

Welcome to the February edition of Ipsos Update – our monthly selection of research and thinking from Ipsos teams around the world.

Welcome to the February edition of Ipsos Update – our monthly selection of research and thinking from Ipsos teams around the world.

The latest Ipsos Global @dvisor poll was carried out in 28 countries around the world at the end of 2017. It asked over 21,500 online adults aged under 64 their predictions for 2018.

Ipsos’ latest Perils of Perception survey highlights how wrong the online public across 38 countries are about key global issues and features of the population in their country.

Almost half of New Zealanders want a change in government and 43% feel that the country is headed in the wrong direction

The last year has seen opinion and election polling subjected to both criticism and praise. Here we review the evidence, looking particularly at recent experiences in the US, UK, France and the Netherlands.