CPRS Polls - Survey Research Unit

Results of Public Opinion Poll # 46...cont'd

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

11. If separate elections for a Vice President of the Palestinian Authority were held today, and the following names were nominated as candidates, whom would you choose?

1) Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin)

14.5

15.3

13.3

2) Faisal Husseini

23.9

28.6

16.6

3) Haidar Abdul Shafi

30.2

21.2

44.0

4) Ahmad Qurai' (Abu Ala')

13.3

15.7

9.6

5) Other (Specify__________)

13.1

13.1

13.0

6) No Opinion /Don't Know

5.1

6.1

3.6

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

12. Do you think that there is corruption in PA institutions?

1) Yes

62.8

62.0

64.2

2) No

20.4

20.1

20.8

3) Not Sure

16.8

17.9

15.0

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

13. Will this corruption in PA institutions increase, decrease or remain as it is in the future?

1) Increase

53.7

52.0

56.3

2) Remain as it is

10.1

9.0

11.9

3) Decrease

26.2

28.5

22.6

4) Don’t Know/ No Opinion

10.0

10.5

9.2

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

14-1 Ministries and governmental offices

 

1) Yes

83.5

83.8

83.0

2) No

6.7

5.8

8.2

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

9.8

10.4

8.8

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

14-2 Security forces and police

 

 

 

1) Yes

75.7

77.6

72.6

2) No

15.4

13.3

18.9

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

8.9

9.1

8.5

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

14-3 Presidency Office

 

 

 

1) Yes

48.7

46.6

52.2

2) No

22.0

19.9

25.5

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

29.3

33.5

22.3

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

14-4 PLC

 

 

 

1) Yes

58.6

59.6

56.9

2) No

23.1

19.5

28.9

3) No Opinion/Don't Know

18.3

20.9

14.2

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

15. A group of twenty Palestinian personalities issued a statement that has become known as the “Petition of the Twenty.” Do you support or oppose this petition?

1) I support it

21.6

20.0

24.2

2) I oppose it

9.4

8.5

10.9

3) I haven’t heard of this petition

64.2

66.4

60.6

4) Others (specify____________)

1.8

2.9

0.0

5) No Opinion/Don’t Know

3.0

2.2

4.3

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

16. The Palestinian Authority had arrested some of the Palestinians who signed the “Petition of the Twenty.” Did you support or oppose that step?

1) I supported it

4.9

5.0

4.8

2) I opposed it

34.7

35.4

33.5

3) I haven’t heard of that step

57.1

56.9

57.4

4) Others (specify___________)

0.2

0.2

0.2

5) No Opinion /Don’t Know

3.1

2.5

4.1

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

17. The PLC has issued a statement approved by a majority of its members in which it condemned the “Petition of the Twenty.” How do you view this step by the PLC?

1) I support it

10.9

10.4

11.7

2) I oppose it

23.0

23.3

22.6

3) I haven’t heard about it

62.4

62.3

62.6

4) Others (specify___________)

0.2

0.2

0.2

5) No opinion /Don’t Know

3.5

3.8

2.8

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

18. If separate elections for the president of the Palestinian Authority were held today, whom would you choose?

1) Haydar Abdul Shafi

11.4

11.2

11.7

2) Yasser Arafat

46.5

43.5

51.5

3) Ahmad Yasin

11.1

11.8

9.9

4) Others

1.5

2.3

0.2

5) No one

17.5

18.3

16.2

6) I will not participate

10.3

11.3

8.5

7) No Opinion / Don't Know

1.7

1.5

2.0

 

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

19. Concerning armed attacks against Israeli targets, I....

1) Support

43.3

46.1

38.8

2) Oppose

49.7

46.6

54.7

3) No Opinion /Don’t Know

7.0

7.3

6.5

Total %

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

20. Whichh of the following political parties do you support?

1) PPP

0.9

1.1

0.6

2) PFLP

3.1

2.1

4.8

3) Fateh

37.6

38.8

35.8

4) Hamas

10.3

11.8

7.7

5) DFLP

0.3

0.1

0.6

6) Islamic Jihad

3.6

3.8

3.2

7) Fida

0.2

0.0

0.6

8) Independent Islamists

2.4

2.3

2.4

9) Independent Nationalists

3.9

4.0

3.6

10) None of the above

35.9

33.7

39.6

11) Others

1.8

2.3

1.0

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