PSR - Survey Research Unit: Public Opinion Poll # 16 Poll 16 results in numbers
Results of Poll # (16)

 

09-11 June 2005

 

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

00 ) From among the following satellite news stations, which one you watched most during the last two months?

1) al Arabia

7.9

6.8

9.5

2) al Jazeera

65.8

65.8

65.9

3) al Hurra

0.8

0.8

0.8

4) al Manar

8.2

8.6

7.5

5) ANN

0.2

0.4

0.0

6) Do not watch TV

6.3

6.3

6.3

7) others

3.6

4.4

2.2

8) Do not have a dish

6.9

6.4

7.7

9) DK/NA

0.3

0.4

0.2

 

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

1) With regard to the ucoming Parliamentay elections, what are your expectations regarding the outcome of these elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council? Who are the likely winners, those nominated by by Hamas, Fateh, the Left, Independents, or those nominated by their families?

1) Fateh candidates

47.1

49.7

42.8

2) Hamas and Islamic Jihad candidates

37.5

34.4

42.6

3) leftest candidates (PFLP, DFLP, PPP, and al Mobadara-the Initiative )

1.4

1.7

1.0

4) Independent candidates

2.2

2.7

1.4

5) family candidates

1.8

2.7

0.4

6) Other candidates

1.3

1.5

1.0

7) DK/NA

8.6

7.4

10.7

 

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

1a)  PA president Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazin) decided  to postpone partliamentary election to an unspecified date, are you satisfied or not satisfied with the postponement?

1) very satisfied

5.4

3.9

7.9

2) satisfied

38.3

37.9

38.8

3) not satisfied 

36.3

37.1

34.9

4) not satisfied at all

10.0

10.1

9.9

5) DK/NA

10.1

11.0

8.5

 

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

2) Do you intend to participate in the upcoming legilative elections?

1) Yes

77.3

74.8

81.6

2) No

21.8

25.0

16.6

3) DK/NA

0.8

0.2

1.8

 

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3) If you participate in the legislative elections, the follwing factors may or not be important in your selection of candidates. Tell us how important each one is to you: [certianly important, important, unimportant, certainly unimportant, DK/NA]

3-1) family relationship

 

 

 

1) Certainely Important

7.3

7.8

6.6

2) Important

20.6

21.0

19.9

3) Unimportant

53.4

54.4

51.9

4) Certainely Unimportant

18.5

16.6

21.4

5) No Opinion /Don’t know

0.2

0.2

0.2

 

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-2) integrity and incorruptibilty of candidate

1) Certainely Important

60.5

61.9

58.4

2) Important

37.3

36.5

38.5

3) Unimportant

1.5

0.8

2.4

4) Certainely Unimportant

0.5

0.5

0.5

5) No Opinion /Don’t know

0.2

0.2

0.2

 

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-3) position on the peace process

1) Certainely Important

33.8

36.5

29.8

2) Important

57.1

54.3

61.3

3) Unimportant

8.1

8.4

7.7

4) Certainely Unimportant

0.6

0.5

0.7

5) No Opinion /Don’t know

0.4

0.3

0.5

 

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-4) level of education

1) Certainely Important

57.4

59.8

53.8

2) Important

39.3

36.5

43.6

3) Unimportant

2.9

3.2

2.4

4) Certainely Unimportant

0.3

0.3

0.2

5) No Opinion /Don’t know

0.1

0.2

0.0

 

Total%

West Bank%

Gaza Strip%

3-5) extent of religiosity

1) Certainely Important

48.1

44.4

53.5

2) Important

39.5

39.3

40.0

3) Unimportant

11.4

15.0