Brothers of Italy (FdI) polls 2026: 27.0% average & trends in Italy

Key issues & ideology

Brothers of Italy describes itself as national-conservative, organised around God, fatherland and family. It defends traditional family structures, opposes surrogacy and what it calls gender ideology in schools, and promotes higher birth rates through family subsidies.

Voters asking "who is Brothers of Italy?" or "what does Brothers of Italy stand for?" find the party classified here as anti-immigration, eurosceptic, national conservatism — positioning that explains both its ceiling near 27.0% and where further growth must come from.

Pollster breakdown: how the 27.0% average is built

The table below shows the verified reading behind the headline (SWG — each row names its pollster so the source is fully transparent). Accredited houses tracked for Italy include SWG, Tecnè, Ipsos, EMG Different, Quorum/YouTrend, Noto Sondaggi — see Methodology for inclusion rules.

Ideology

Brothers of Italy describes itself as national-conservative, organised around God, fatherland and family. It defends traditional family structures, opposes surrogacy and what it calls gender ideology in schools, and promotes higher birth rates through family subsidies. On immigration it demands naval blockades against irregular crossings, offshore processing of asylum claims and repatriation agreements with North African states. Economically the party is moderately statist: supportive of small business, the self-employed and Made in Italy, sympathetic to flat-tax proposals but pragmatic in office about budgets and EU fiscal rules. On Europe it has moved from hard euroscepticism to reformist engagement, seeking to change EU rules on migration and green policy from within while maintaining good relations with Brussels. Foreign policy under Meloni has been firmly Atlanticist, backing Ukraine and NATO, which reassured markets and allies. Critics note the party and the unresolved relationship with fascist symbolism; Meloni condemns totalitarianism while refusing the label anti-fascist, a ambiguity scholars continue to debate.

Voter demographics

FdI voters concentrate in central and southern Italy — Lazio, Campania, Puglia and Sicily — with historic strength in Rome, where MSI-era subcultures survived. The electorate blends lower-middle-class voters, small traders, artisans and public-sector employees with a growing share of young voters attracted by Meloni and the direct communication style. Women support the party at roughly the same rate as men, unusual for the radical right and partly credited to Meloni and the leadership. The party polls well among voters with secondary education and struggles relatively among university graduates and the industrial working class of the northern League heartlands. Pensioners worried about security and cultural change are over-represented, as are voters in small towns and suburbs rather than metropolitan centres. Turnout loyalty is high: FdI supporters, mobilised by identity and the sense of a historic breakthrough, vote consistently, giving the party an efficient vote-to-seat conversion under Italy and the mixed electoral system.