New global study shows majority support for the principle of people seeking refuge from war or persecution, but concerns remain – the majority are suspicious most refugees are not genuine and worries about integration are growing.
June’s edition of Ipsos Update presents our latest research and white papers on topics including mystery shopping, global views on Europe, ethics in social media research and ageing in Japan.
What happens when there is a mismatch between what a brand promises to its consumers and their actual experience? Fiona Moss explores the promise-experience gap, the benefits of aligning the two and the pitfalls of over-promising.
With service delivery in the spotlight over the last few months, the most important post-1994 election in South Africa’s history will take place on Wednesday 8 May 2019 and, in spite of the electorate’s unhappiness about service delivery and other issues, it is unlikely that the low turnout figure and the phenomenon of ANC “stay-away voters” of the local government elections of August 2016 will be repeated.
How many points out of ten would you give Cyril Ramaphosa as a political leader? Registered voters feel that South Africa’s president currently deserves 6.5 points on this scale.
When asked whether elections in South Africa are free and fair, a majority (61%) of registered voters agreed, while 20% disagreed. (A further 19% neither agreed nor disagreed or indicated that they did not know.)
A number of South African voters are still deciding which party to vote for in the national and provincial elections and it is clear that opinions about the three biggest parties differ widely. For some perspective we can look the most popular opinions about each, expressed in the latest Ipsos Pulse of the People™.
Ongoing and high-profile service delivery protests have been an important feature of the run-up to the National and Provincial elections on 8 May 2019. Moreover, uncertainty about which political party or parties to choose and diminished trust in political parties and political leaders have also made headlines.
A new global study conducted by Ipsos in collaboration with the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London and International Women’s Day finds the majority of men agree that that women won’t achieve equality without their support but half believe they are expected to do too much to support women’s equality.
