Italy Turns Back to Politics: An Unprecedented Study

Research summary · English

Italy Turns Back to Politics: An Unprecedented Study

The research examines Italians’ political demand through attention, emotions, expectations and attitudes, beyond voting intentions alone. The presentation distinguishes people who discuss politics continuously, those who engage occasionally and those who remain distant. A clustering analysis identifies five attitude profiles, with the “angry critic” the largest group. Its interpretation is that interest, distrust and a desire for change can coexist. These profiles are analytical categories derived from respondents; they are not parties, election results or forecasts.

Key findings

• The presentation states 3,394 respondents overall; the clustering slide reports a separate base of 3,383 cases.PDF p. 1PDF p. 9
• The attention slide distinguishes 22.0% who always discuss politics, 58.1% who do so sometimes and 19.9% who do so little or not at all.PDF p. 3
• In the five-profile model, the “angry critic” accounts for 47.1% of analyzed cases and the “trusting moderate” for 22.7%.PDF p. 9
• Reported priorities include politics that addresses people’s problems (50.5%), transparency (36.8%) and credible candidates (31.0%). These are not voting-intention shares.PDF p. 8

Editorial summary dated 13 October 2026, based on the original Italian document. This date does not update the underlying data. Page references use PDF file numbering, which can differ from printed page labels. The summary and tables are translated; the original PDF remains in Italian.