CPRS Polls - Survey Research Unit
Public Opinion Poll #36
The Peace Process, Violence against Israelis Domestic Situation, Presidential Elections and Political Affiliation
8-10 October 1998

Appendix Continued...

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

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

1) Yes

66.0

64.5

68.1

2) No

17.8

16.0

20.3

3) Not Sure

16.3

19.5

11.6

 

 

 

 

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

1) Increase

56.8

56.7

56.8

2) Remain as it is

7.3

6.0

9.2

3) Decrease

28.6

30.5

25.9

4) Don't Know/ No Opinion

7.4

6.8

8.1

 

 

 

 

8. In your opinion, in which of the following PA institutions does corruption exist?

8-1 Ministries and Governmental offices

1) Yes

78.8

77.5

80.5

2) No

9.0

9.3

8.7

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

12.2

13.2

10.8

 

 

 

 

8-2 Security forces and Police

1) Yes

69.7

69.1

70.5

2) No

17.5

18.0

16.9

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

12.8

12.8

12.7

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

8-3 Presidency Office

1) Yes

34.4

34.1

34.8

2) No

29.7

26.2

34.6

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

35.9

39.8

30.7

 

 

 

 

8-4 PLC

1) Yes

46.3

47.4

44.7

2) No

32.5

30.4

35.5

3) No Opinion/Don't Know

21.2

22.2

19.8

 

 

 

 

9. If you want to evaluate the status of democracy and human rights under the Palestinian Authority, you would say it is:

1) Very Good

5.1

4.5

6.1

2) Good

21.9

22.9

20.4

3) Fair

33.2

34.2

31.7

4) Bad

18.7

17.9

19.8

5) Very Bad

15.5

13.2

18.9

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

5.6

7.3

3.2

 

 

 

 

10. And what about the status of democracy and human rights in other countries:

10-1 America

1) Very Good

33.1

30.7

36.6

2) Good

24.7

22.4

28.0

3) Fair

8.6

7.8

9.8

4) Bad

8.9

11.2

5.6

5) Very Bad

2.8

3.5

1.8

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

21.9

24.4

18.3

 

 

 

 

10-2 Israel

1) Very Good

40.1

34.7

47.9

2) Good

29.4

29.6

29.0

3) Fair

7.8

7.6

8.2

4) Bad

8.0

9.2

6.2

5) Very Bad

2.9

3.8

1.6

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

11.9

15.2

7.2

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

10-3 Jordan

1) Very Good

8.0

6.6

10.0

2) Good

21.0

19.4

23.4

3) Fair

28.4

25.3

32.9

4) Bad

17.6

21.3

12.2

5) Very Bad

7.9

9.2

6.1

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

17.0

18.2

15.3

 

 

 

 

10-4 Egypt

1) Very Good

7.6

4.6

12.1

2) Good

21.2

18.6

25.0

3) Fair

21.9

16.4

29.9

4) Bad

17.6

19.6

14.6

5) Very Bad

7.7

7.0

8.7

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

24.0

33.8

9.9

 

 

 

 

10-5 France

1) Very Good

25.2

22.5

29.0

2) Good

24.6

20.9

30.0

3) Fair

5.8

5.3

6.5

4) Bad

2.4

2.0

3.0

5) Very Bad

0.8

0.9

0.6

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

41.3

48.4

31.0

 

 

 

 

11. In your opinion, can people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip criticize the Palestinian Authority without fear?

1) Yes

37.3

39.0

34.7

2) No

56.8

53.2

62.0

3) Do not know

5.9

7.7

3.2

 

 

 

 

12. Generally, how do you evaluate the performance of :

12-1 the Palestinian Legislative Council?

1) Very Good

8.5

10.4

5.9

2) Good

30.7

29.8

31.9

3) Fair

26.6

23.2

31.6

4) Bad

15.6

14.5

17.1

5) Very Bad

6.3

5.5

7.5

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

12.3

16.6

6.1

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

12-2 Palestinian Government (The Cabinet)

1) Very Good

10.2

8.8

12.1

2) Good

30.7

29.3

32.8

3) Fair

25.9

24.0

28.6

4) Bad

13.1

13.6

12.3

5) Very Bad

4.6

4.2

5.2

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

15.5

20.0

9.0

 

 

 

 

12-3 Judicial Authority and Palestinian Courts

1) Very Good

12.6

10.7

15.5

2) Good

32.2

31.2

33.8

3) Fair

17.2

14.7

20.8

4) Bad

14.8

14.4

15.3

5) Very Bad

5.4

5.0

6.0

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

17.8

24.1

8.6

 

 

 

 

12-4 Police and Security forces

1) Very Good

14.1

11.4

17.9

2) Good

36.6

35.4

38.3

3) Fair

22.2

21.2

23.7

4) Bad

14.5

16.3

12.0

5) Very Bad

3.7

3.9

3.5

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

8.9

11.9

4.6

 

 

 

 

12-5 Institution of Presidency

1) Very Good

17.9

13.7

24.0

2) Good

36.7

34.4

40.0

3) Fair

15.1

13.7

17.0

4) Bad

5.5

6.5

4.2

5) Very Bad

2.2

1.4

3.4

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

22.5

30.3

11.3

 

 

 

 

12-6 Opposition groups and factions

1) Very Good

8.5

7.4

10.0

2) Good

24.1

22.9

25.8

3) Fair

25.9

25.2

26.8

4) Bad

16.5

15.9

17.3

5) Very Bad

4.4

3.0

6.4

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

20.7

25.5

13.7

 

 

 

 

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

12-7 Your district representatives at the PLC

1) Very Good

9.6

11.1

7.6

2) Good

30.6

29.4

32.3

3) Fair

19.6

18.1

21.8

4) Bad

16.2

16.6

15.6

5) Very Bad

7.4

5.5

10.0

6) Don't Know/ No Opinion

16.6

19.3

12.7

 

 

 

 

13) Do you think that the newly established Palestinian cabinet is capable of facing the following challenges in this period?

13-1 Dealing with Corruption

1) Yes

40.3

40.5

40.0

2) No

43.9

40.0

49.4

3) No Opinion/Don't Know

15.9

19.5

10.6

 

 

 

 

13-2 Guaranteeing Human Rights

1) Yes

38.8

39.1

38.2

2) No

47.3

42.4

54.3

3) No Opinion/Don't Know

13.9

18.4

7.4

 

 

 

 

13-3 Improving the Economic Situation

1) Yes

35.2

37.3

32.2

2) No

52.5

47.2

60.2

3) No Opinion/Don't Know

12.3

15.5

7.6

 

 

 

 

13-4 Confronting Israeli reaction to State Declaration in May 1999

1) Yes

31.8

34.0

28.8

2) No

51.9

47.2

58.8

3) No Opinion/Don't Know

16.2

18.8

12.5

 

 

 

 

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

1) Haydar Abdul Shafi

10.3

10.6

9.9

2) Yasser Arafat

42.5

36.4

51.3

3) Ahmad Yasin

12.7

12.7

12.6

4)No one

1.1

1.4

0.5

5) Others

19.1

21.9

15.1

6) I will not participate

13.0

15.5

9.4

7) No Opinion / Don't Know

1.3

1.5

1.1

 

 

 

 

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

15. If separate elections for a Vice President of the Palestinian Authority were held today, whom would you choose?

1) Ahmad Qurai' (Abu Al-Ala')

5.8

6.4

4.9

2) Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazin)

7.3

5.2

10.4

3) Farouq Al-Qaddoumi

7.0

8.6

4.7

4) Nabil Sha'ath

2.2

0.8

4.3

5) Saib Erikat

9.3

10.1

8.2

6) Hanan Ashrawi

8.9

10.1

7.1

7) Faisal Husseini

7.2

6.5

8.2

8) Haydar Abdul Shafi

12.4

8.0

18.7

9) Others

0.9

1.3

0.2

10) No one

21.2

23.2

18.3

11) I will not participate

12.8

14.3

10.5

12) No opinion/Don't know

5.1

5.5

4.4

 

 

 

 

16. If separate elections for a Vice President of the Palestinian Authority were held today, and only the followings where nominated, whom would you choose?

1) Ahmad Qurai' (Abu Al-Ala')

24.2

25.5

22.7

2) (Mahmoud Abbas) Abu Mazin

23.5

19.7

28.1

3) Farouq Al-Qaddoumi

23.6

28.9

17.0

4) No one

25.3

21.4

30.1

5) No opinion/Don't know

3.5

4.5

2.1

 

 

 

 

17. If separate elections for a Vice President of the Palestinian Authority were held today, and only the followings where nominated, whom would you choose?

1) Ahmad Qurai' (Abu Al-Ala')

28.6

31.6

24.9

2) (Mahmoud Abbas) Abu Mazin

32.8

30.4

35.9

3) No one

35.1

33.6

37.0

4) No opinion/Don't know

3.4

4.4

2.2

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

1) Support

50.8

51.9

49.0

2) Oppose

43.5

41.2

46.7

3) No Opinion /Don't Know

5.8

6.8

4.3

 

 

 

 

 

Total %

West Bank %

Gaza Strip %

19. Which of the following political parties do you support?

1) PPP

1.7

2.3

0.7

2) PFLP

3.0

2.3

3.9

3) Fateh

37.9

35.9

40.8

4) Hamas

12.2

11.1

13.8

5) DFLP

0.5

0.6

0.5

6) Islamic Jihad

3.9

4.3

3.4

7) Fida

0.1

0.1

0.2

8) Independent Islamists

2.2

2.4

1.9

9) Independent Nationalists

4.4

5.3

3.1

10) None of the above

33.1

34.8

30.5

11) Others

0.9

0.8

1.2

 

 

 

 


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