Results of public opinion Poll # 41 ...continued

	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
13. 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) Sa'eb Erikat	23.7	26.8	19.0
2) Faisal Husseini	27.5	32.5	19.8
3) Haidar Abdul Shafi	39.1	29.7	53.5
4) Other (Specify__________)	5.5	6.2	4.4
7) No Opinion /Don't Know	4.2	4.8	3.3
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
14. 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) Sa'eb Erikat	37.2	39.6	33.6
2) Faisal Husseini	43.9	42.0	46.6
3) Other (Specify__________)	13.0	12.4	13.8
6) No Opinion /Don't Know	6.0	6.0	6.0
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
15. 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) Sa'eb Erikat	39.8	46.0	30.4
2) Haidar Abdul Shafi	48.6	40.8	60.5
3) Other (Specify__________)	7.4	8.5	5.7
6) No Opinion /Don't Know	4.2	4.8	3.4
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
16. 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) Faisal Husseini	43.2	49.5	33.5
2) Haidar Abdul Shafi	47.2	40.3	57.8
3) Other (Specify__________)	5.9	6.0	5.7
6) No Opinion /Don't Know	3.8	4.2	3.0
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
17. Do you think that there is corruption in PA institutions?
1) Yes	71.1	69.0	74.5
2) No	14.8	15.8	13.2
3) Not Sure	14.1	15.2	12.3
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
18. Will this corruption in PA institutions increase, decrease or remain as it is in the future?
1) Increase	55.2	52.6	59.1
2) Remain as it is	10.3	10.5	9.9
3) Decrease	25.8	28.4	21.8
4) Don’t Know/ No Opinion	8.8	8.5	9.1
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
19. If you want to evaluate the status of democracy and human rights under the Palestinian Authority, you would say it is:
1) Very Good	4.7	4.9	4.5
2) Good	22.7	24.6	19.5
3) Fair	34.5	34.1	35.2
4) Bad	19.2	19.5	18.7
5) Very Bad	13.5	10.1	19.1
6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion	5.5	6.9	3.0
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
20. And what about the status of democracy and human rights in other countries:
20-1 America
1) Very Good	32.4	32.0	33.1
2) Good	25.2	26.2	23.4
3) Fair	9.7	9.5	10.1
4) Bad	7.8	7.8	7.7
5) Very Bad	2.1	1.6	3.0
6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion	22.8	22.9	22.6
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
20-2 Israel
1) Very Good	40.1	39.5	41.0
2) Good	30.2	30.5	29.7
3) Fair	7.7	7.3	8.3
4) Bad	6.6	6.9	6.1
5) Very Bad	1.8	1.8	1.6
6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion	13.7	14.0	13.3
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
20-3 Jordan
1) Very Good	6.8	5.5	8.9
2) Good	28.6	27.2	30.9
3) Fair	27.4	26.0	29.7
4) Bad	15.7	18.3	11.3
5) Very Bad	5.0	6.6	2.4
6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion	16.6	16.5	16.8
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
20-4 Egypt
1) Very Good	6.1	4.3	9.1
2) Good	22.7	20.2	26.9
3) Fair	21.8	18.2	27.9
4) Bad	18.4	18.5	18.2
5) Very Bad	7.5	8.3	6.1
6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion	23.5	30.5	11.9
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
20-5 France
1) Very Good	24.4	21.1	29.9
2) Good	25.2	25.3	25.1
3) Fair	4.9	3.8	6.7
4) Bad	2.6	2.2	3.2
5) Very Bad	1.1	1.3	0.8
6) Don’t Know/ No Opinion	41.8	46.3	34.3
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
21. In your opinion, can people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip criticize the Palestinian Authority without fear?
1) Yes	38.6	37.3	40.9
2) No	56.5	57.9	54.3
3) Do not know	4.9	4.9	4.9
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
22. In your view, do we have a free press?
1) Yes	20.3	22.	16.0
2) To some extent	36.1	3.9	39.6
3) No	36.2	34.9	38.4
4) No opinion	7.4	8.3	6.1
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
23. Some people sthat these days it is not possito find a job without wasta (personal connections and nepotism). But others say that jobs are given based only on qualifications. Based on experience(s) you personally knew about, you say:
1) Jobs are obtained by wasta to a large extent	66.6	59.2	78.7
2) Jobs are obtained by wasta sometimes	23.6	28.6	15.4
3) Jobs are not obtained by wasta	4.0	5.2	2.0
4) I have no experience	5.8	6.9	3.8
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
24. If separate elections for the president of the Palestinian Authority were held today, whom would you choose?
1) Haydar Abdul Shafi	9.5	9.2	9.9
2) Yasser Arafat	45.4	42.5	50.3
3) Ahmad Yasin	11.0	10.7	11.5
4) No one	0.8	1.1	0.2
5) Others	20.1	22.4	16.4
6) I will not participate	11.5	12.0	10.5
7) No Opinion / Don't Know	1.7	2.1	1.2
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
25. Concerning armed attacks against Israeli targets, I....
1) Support	44.7	43.9	46.1
2) Oppose	49.2	49.3	49.2
3) No Opinion /Don’t Know	6.0	6.8	4.7
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
26. Which of the following political parties do you support?
1) PPP	1.3	1.5	1.0
2) PFLP	2.7	2.6	3.0
3) Fateh	38.0	36.3	40.7
4) Hamas	10.4	9.7	11.5
5) DFLP	0.9	0.7	1.2
6) Islamic Jihad	3.6	3.9	3.0
7) Fida	0.2	0.2
8) Independent Islamists	2.6	3.2	1.6
9) Independent Nationalists	4.6	5.2	3.4
10) None of the above	33.7	33.9	33.4
11) Others	2.1	2.8	1.0