Leadership, integrity and manifestos lead the issues of influence on voter decisions of the 1,673 people surveyed by the Centre for Democracy and Dialogue's election related opinion polling.
Second on the list of issues is jobs, wages and the economy with 20 percent, drugs crime and public safety is third.
Source: Centre for Democracy and DialogueEducation and training has 12 percent of the votes, healthcare and HIV are fifth with 10.9 percent, while cost of living and prices is sixth with 10.8 percent of votes.
Infrastructure and basic services has 9.6 percent, youth and women with 8 percent, equality, rights and social cohesion has 7.3 percent, constitution, law and elections with 4.4 percent.
Housing and land make up 3.2 percent, agriculture and rural livelihoods with 2.4 percent, social welfare and pensions received 2.1 percent, while climate and environment get 1 percent of the total votes.