Specifically, the respondents in the survey have been asked to mark the maximum of three topics that are most important to them when casting their vote in the local elections.
30.7 percent have put a cross on elderly care. In second place is the environment, pollution and nature. Here, 27.8 percent have ticked the box.
The fact that elderly care tops the agenda is not surprising for Roger Buch, municipal researcher and center manager at the Danish School of Media and Journalism.
– There are a lot of older people out there who are interesting to the politicians, and who themselves have some clear interests in putting the elderly area on the agenda.
– And then there are a lot of others, the children and grandchildren, who also point to this topic, because it is a big task for the municipality, he says and points out the rapid increase in the number of older people.
In addition, several cases have helped to spot the elderly care since the most recent local elections in 2017.
Among other things, a much-publicized TV 2 documentary, in which unworthy treatment of the demented Else Marie Larsen came to light, ignited a nationwide debate about the treatment of the elderly in the Danish system.
Political commentator Hans Engell agrees with Roger Buch’s analysis. The voters are first and foremost concerned with the close issues for this local election, and here the elderly care is just ahead.
The area will therefore also be something that politicians will look up to in the election campaign, he predicts, and also mentions that the party leaders have already kicked off the fight for the elderly policy in various speeches.
– There is no doubt that it will affect many of the meetings in the country. If you solve the tasks well enough and do not do it, then who is responsible? Here, politicians do not get away with easy explanations, says Hans Engell.
Economy and health policy are also high. The figures here are 26.3 and 25.5 percent, respectively. 1001 respondents have the answer.
Source: The Nordic Page