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In charts: Shades of pessimism ahead of a heated election season

While nearly four in every five urban Indians plan to vote, a majority don’t see the next five years producing a major turnaround on poverty, unemployment and communal relations.

3 min read3 Mar 2024
Politics

Indian politics is becoming increasingly partisan. We have the data to prove it.

Strong partisans — those with deep attachment to the party they vote for — now comprise close to half of the urban segment. This has strong implications on what kind of politics to expect on social media, on the poll trail, and on the ballot.

4 min read26 Feb 2024
Politics

‘Revdi’ or genuine welfare? India gives its verdict

A majority of urban Indians, across party lines, see free goods and services given to the poor as unnecessary freebies and detrimental to government finances, the latest YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey showed.

3 min read19 Feb 2024
Politics

The news sources that Indians will trust and distrust this poll season

Urban India largely acknowledges that social media is the least trustworthy place to form political views. But many place high trust in the social media handles of the party of their own liking, while dismissing the others as propagandists.

4 min read18 Feb 2024
Politics

The political hot potatoes on which urban India disagrees with the BJP

Support for the party in power may be at an all-time high, but that doesn’t mean Indians agree with it on everything. Simultaneous elections have few takers even among BJP supporters, and many agree with the Opposition on the caste census, the latest YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey found.

4 min read13 Feb 2024
Politics

Support for BJP reaches fever pitch; INDIA alliance has few takers: Survey

Around 47% of urban Indians interviewed in the latest YouGov-Mint-CPR survey said they identified with the BJP. The Opposition alliance has bad news: 50% of the respondents doubted its ability to counter the ruling party in the upcoming elections.

4 min read11 Feb 2024
Opinion

Urban millennials in India have had much to reveal in five years

It’s a generation with an ironic mix of sticky biases and rebellious instincts that took in-depth surveys to understand better

4 min read29 Aug 2023
Politics

In charts: Political fissures alive, no consensus in sight

The supporters of the ruling party and the newly-formed Opposition alliance have vastly different views on India’s progress relative to China’s, New Delhi’s G20 presidency, and population control, the latest YouGov-Mint-CPR survey found

4 min read28 Aug 2023
Politics

In charts: BJP hold intact, viable Opposition not emerging

The latest YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey indicated that the BJP was set to keep its dominance with a leadership story centred around Narendra Modi. However, the survey also found that some sections were strikingly less likely to support the BJP ahead of 2024.

4 min read23 Aug 2023
Specials

The population puzzle: What Indians feel

With one foot in tradition and the other in modernity, young Indians are leading several demographic shifts that will define the next phase of change in the world’s most populous country, finds the latest round of the YouGov-Mint-CPR survey.

6 min read15 Aug 2023
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