The Dane announced the update of its Political Culture Survey (ECP), which is carried out every two years and on this occasion brings the data for 2023, focused on topics such as the perception of problemsthe opinion regarding current politics and the feeling of how the country is going.
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This report focused on three major points centered on ideologies and perception of current politics, impact of the economy on social dynamics, the interaction of those consulted with the various sectors and groups of societyand the management given to leisure and free time spaces.
Regarding democracy and politics, 87.6% believe in the right to choose and be elected and 81.2% support the existence of entities such as local, municipal, departmental and national authorities; elected by popular vote. Nevertheless, When it comes to consulting the levels of participation, a different reality can be seen.
Reviewing the level of satisfaction with the way democracy works in Colombia, 18.1% said they were “very satisfied,” 44.2% declared themselves natural, and 33.7% said they were “very dissatisfied.” The Caribbean (27.3%) and Central (18.8%) regions were those that showed the highest satisfaction rates.
86.9% of people aged 18 and over said they were registered to vote in the 2022 presidential elections, however, less than 90% went to the polls to participate in this democratic day, a figure that, although high for The national history makes it clear that there is still a high abstention rate.
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“Citizens who stated that they had not voted in the presidential elections were asked about the reasons why they did not do so. For the national total, the main reason was disinterest (40.1%), followed by candidates promising and not delivering (32.8%), and politicians being corrupt (28.4%)”said the Dane.
On the other hand, in the chapter of “social capital”this statistical authority focused on knowing those problems that directly affected them (as an individual or community) in the last year, bringing inflation to light as one of the factors that most negatively influenced the perception of Colombians.
At this point, Dane assures that 53.6% of Colombians said that found a problem in the disproportionate increase in prices of the family basketwhile for 38.1%, the problem was in rates, quality of provision or lack of public services.
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Inflation
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Topics like insecurity (33.9%), mobility (20.4%) and taxes, especially the property tax and its increases (16.3%); They currently have a very low impact on the perception of citizens or at least that is seen in the Dane data. Another figure that caught our attention had to do with the question “Who wouldn't you like to have as neighbors?” that according to the Dane “In the three previous rounds, the main group against which people aged 18 years and over expressed that they do not want to have as neighbors are users of psychoactive substances, with 56.5% in 2023 and a positive variation of +3, 5 pp compared to the last round.”
The second and third places corresponded to ex-combatants (41.7%) and ex-paramilitaries (41.3%), presenting a variation of +3.1 pp in both cases.
Finally, the family continues to be the fundamental pillar in the lives of Colombians, with an impressive 96.9% of the population considering it the most important group. This figure shows a positive increase of 0.9% compared to the previous survey.
Secondly, free time also gains relevance, with 89.2% of the population registered.
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DANIEL HERNÁNDEZ NARANJO
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