Determinants of Attitudes about Economic Policy Actions 2011

The (strongly) increasing interest in recent years can be explained by the fact that social and economic policy measures are increasingly the subject of public and media discourse, and that the relevant decision-making bodies are under increasing pressure to design their measures in accordance with the "will" of the public or the "majority". Since the acceptance of measures in the population can therefore sometimes determine whether and how a certain measure is implemented, it is naturally of considerable interest to the decision-making bodies how different determinants influence the formation of public opinion.

Against the backdrop of an increasing proportion of "voters of change", this is especially true for political parties that want to maximize their voter potential and align their social and economic policies accordingly.