The largest percentage of Palestinians (43%) announced that their selection will rest primarily on the candidates themselves. Another 23% said that they will vote for a political party, while 24% will vote for candidates from

different lists. There is no difference between West Bank and the Gaza Strip regarding this question. A majority of the residents of Jerusalem (53.8%) will vote for candidates from one party, while the largest percentage of Hebron residents (37.1). Will vote for candidates from various parties (see Table 4).

Table 4
Partisanship by Place of Interview

	From One Party	From Various Parties	Depends on Candidate
Nablus	26.0	18.3	48.9
Tulkarm	18.3	21.1	54.1
Jenin	25.0	20.0	47.5
Ramallah	10.2	20.3	54.7
Hebron	21.6	37.1	28.4
Bethlehem	22.9	21.4	44.3
Jerusalem	53.8	22.5	13.8
Gaza N.	27.7	33.8	27.7
Gaza City	23.0	28.6	42.9
Gaza M.	16.4	21.6	47.0
Gaza S.	20.0	18.6	52.9

Readiness to elect candidates can be correlated to level of education. More Bachelor degree holders will choose from various parties and based on the candidates themselves than will illiterate voters, while intention to vote for candidates from one party decreases among the educated (see Table 5).

Table 5
Partisanship by Education

	From One Party	From Various Parties	Depends on Candidate
Illiterate	28.9	20.8	28.3
Elementary	27.7	22.5	39.3
Preparatory	21.0	20.6	53.3
Secondary	23.4	25.8	44.4
2 yr. College	14.7	26.5	49.0
Bachelor	16.5	30.3	42.2

It was obvious from the results of the poll that Palestinians lack a good knowledge of the Electoral Law. A majority of Palestinians (55%) mistakenly think that the electoral law permits only a relative to accompany an illiterate person to the voting booth. Another 34% mistakenly think that the law permits voters to select persons from only one party. Ignorance of the details of the law is more widespread in the West Bank than in the Gaza Strip as well as among women and the elderly. There is a direct relationship between level of education and knowledge of the law's provisions, where respondents with more education were better informed about the law.

A majority of 71 % of the respondents said they would participate in the elections even if the opposition calls for a boycott, while 14% said they would not vote, and 15% said they are not sure.