Pro-Growth or Pro-Poverty: Findings of IRR Polling 2025 | Report 2: Policy Preferences of Registered Voters

Recent polling by the South African Institute of Race Relations (IRR), conducted in March/April 2025, reveals a clear national majority, across demographic lines, in favour of policies that prioritise merit, value-for-money government spending, the expansion of choice in key services, and protected property rights. These findings position the South African registered voter very much in opposition to key government policies and adopted laws, particularly employment equity targets and expropriation without compensation.