New results: UNDP-IMFD survey on constitutional drafting process

January, 2024. In the framework of a collaborative project between the United Nations Development Program in Chile (UNDP) and the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), this week the results of the third installment of the Constituent Listening, a study that began in September last year to analyze citizen opinion on the constituent process 2023, were released.

The Constitutional Hearings seek to know and disseminate the opinions, expectations and concerns of citizens about democracy and the constitutional drafting process of the year 2023, with a focus on some specific groups, in order to contribute to the public debate with a greater diversity of voices. 

This third wave of results showed, for example, that 54% of the nearly 500 respondents were informed about the constitutional drafting process through social networks, but 76% believe that the information they received through such platforms or media is not at all and somewhat credible.

Regarding the process of drafting a new constitution, the People indicated that some of their expectations were met: it was orderly and quick (48%) and the ideas with which they entered the Council were maintained (33%). The expectations that were least met were that agreements would be reached (23%) and that the public would be listened to (26%).

UNDP's Constitutional Listening initiative with the IMFD is part of UNDP's long-standing work in Chile to analyze the state and functioning of democracy and the public's opinion of it and its institutions. 

It is expected, by the end of the first quarter of 2024, to launch a longitudinal report that will report on changes and stabilities in attitudes and expectations over the three measurements taken. The ultimate goal is that these analyses will provide information on the views of the People and democratic processes.

Access the study here: https://www.undp.org/es/chile/publicaciones/escuchas-constitucionales-tercera-ola-enero-2024