PSR - Survey Research Unit: Poll No. 22 - Main Results in Numbers PSR POll No. 22 - Main results in numbers

PSR Poll No. 22

 December 2006

 

 

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

4.5

4.0

5.5

 

2) Al Jazeera

72.0

73.0

70.3

 

3) Al Hurra

0.2

0.2

0.2

 

4) Al Manar

5.9

7.8

2.7

 

5) Palestine TV

6.5

4.7

9.5

 

6) Do not watch TV

4.8

4.1

6.2

 

7) Others

2.3

1.8

3.1

 

8) Do not have a dish

3.7

4.4

2.6

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

01)

Are you satisfied or not satisfied with the performance of Mahmud Abbas since his election as president of the PA?

 

1) Very satisfied

4.6

4.5

4.9

 

2) Satisfied

35.2

34.3

36.8

 

3) Not satisfied 

38.9

37.6

41.1

 

4) not satisfied at all

16.6

17.4

15.4

 

5) DK/NA

4.6

6.2

1.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

02)

If new presidential elections are to take place today, and Mahmud Abbas was nominated by Fateh and Ismail Haniyeh was nominated by Hamas, whom would you vote for?

 

1) Mahmoud Abbas

45.7

47.0

43.7

 

2) Ismael Haneyyeh

45.3

42.7

49.2

 

3 DK/NA

9.0

10.3

7.1

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

03)

And if the competition was between Marwan Barghouti representing Fateh and Khalid Misha’al representing Hams, whom would you vote for?

 

1) Marwan Barghouti

56.8

56.4

57.5

 

2) Khalid Misha’al

35.8

35.0

37.0

 

3) No Opinion/ Don’t know

7.4

8.6

5.6

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

04)

Are you satisfied or not satisfied with the performance of the Hamas government in the following areas:

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

04-1

Enforce law and order and end anarchy

 

1) Highly satisfied

2.8

2.9

2.6

 

2) Satisfied

23.9

21.9

27.4

 

3) Not satisfied

49.6

49.2

50.3

 

4) Not satisfied at all

19.8

20.3

18.8

 

5) DK/NA

3.9

5.6

0.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

04-2

Carry out reforms and fight corruption

 

1) Highly satisfied

4.5

4.4

4.7

 

2) Satisfied

30.3

27.2

35.8

 

3) Not satisfied

45.4

46.6

43.2

 

4) Not satisfied at all

15.7

16.1

15.1

 

5) DK/NA

4.1

5.8

1.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

04-3

Reduce constraints of occupation and confront settlements and the wall

 

1) Highly satisfied

2.7

2.9

2.4

 

2) Satisfied

23.4

20.2

28.9

 

3) Not satisfied

51.6

52.3

50.4

 

4) Not satisfied at all

18.2

19.0

16.9

 

5) DK/NA

4.1

5.6

1.4

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

04-4

Improve economic conditions such as solving the salary problem and fight poverty

 

1) Highly satisfied

2.3

2.7

1.6

 

2) Satisfied

20.2

18.1

23.9

 

3) Not satisfied

49.5

48.9

50.6

 

4) Not satisfied at all

23.8

24.6

22.4

 

5) DK/NA

4.1

5.6

1.5

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

04-5

The overall performance of the government

 

1) Highly satisfied

3.4

3.7

3.0

 

2) Satisfied

29.5

26.8

34.3

 

3) Not satisfied

44.8

45.0

44.6

 

4) Not satisfied at all

17.5

18.2

16.3

 

5) DK/NA

4.7

6.4

1.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

05)

Now that efforts to form a national unity government, in which Fateh, Hamas, and other factions and parties would participate, have failed, do you agree or disagree with the demand that the government led by Hamas should resign?

 

1) Certainly agree

16.5

15.7

17.9

 

2) Agree

31.2

31.4

30.9

 

3) Disagree

33.0

32.1

34.7

 

4) Certainly disagree

13.6

13.7

13.4

 

5) DK/NA

5.6

7.1

3.1

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

06)

President Mahmud Abbas said that talks to form a national unity government have reached a dead end and that he is studies various options. Tell us if you agree or disagree with the following options:

6-1)

Go to new presidential and parliamentary elections

 

1) Certainly agree

14.1

14.3

13.7

 

2) Agree

46.4

48.3

42.9

 

3) Disagree

26.3

21.2

35.1

 

4) Certainly disagree

10.3

12.0

7.4

 

5) DK/NA

3.0

4.2

0.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

6-2)

Dismiss the current government and appoint a new non Hamas prime minister

 

1) Certainly agree

10.3

10.4

10.2

 

2) Agree

42.4

42.6

42.1

 

3) Disagree

34.6

32.4

38.4

 

4) Certainly disagree

9.0

9.7

7.8

 

5) DK/NA

3.7

5.0

1.4

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

6-3)

Declare a state of emergency and form an emergency government

 

1) Certainly agree

7.7

8.3

6.6

 

2) Agree

45.0

46.4

42.5

 

3) Disagree

33.9

30.2

40.2

 

4) Certainly disagree

8.7

8.5

9.1

 

5) DK/NA

4.8

6.6

1.6

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

6-4)

Conduct a referendum on dissolving the parliament and conducting early parliamentary elections

 

1) Certainly agree

12.8

12.4

13.4

 

2) Agree

54.0

56.1

50.4

 

3) Disagree

23.0

19.3

29.5

 

4) Certainly disagree

7.3

8.1

5.9

 

5) DK/NA

3.0

4.1

0.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

07)

Hamas believes that PA president does not have the right to issue a decree calling for early legislative elections while Fateh believes that the president has the right to do so. What do you say?

 

1) definitely has the right

15.2

15.6

14.5

 

2) has the right

40.7

39.5

42.8

 

3) does not have the right

28.6

26.8

31.8

 

4) definitely does not have the right

9.0

9.7

7.8

 

5) DK/NA

6.4

8.4

3.0

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

08)

If the president called for early legislative elections and Hamas asked you to boycott those elections while Fateh asked you to participate in them, would you participate or boycott?

 

1) Definitely boycott

12.3

12.8

11.6

 

2) Boycott

22.4

20.9

24.9

 

3) Participate

44.0

43.1

45.6

 

4) Definitely participate

11.2

11.8

10.1

 

5) DK/NA

10.1

11.4

7.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

10)

 

If new elections are held today and the same lists that took part in the last PLC elections were nominated, for whom would you vote?

 

1) alternative

2.1

2.5

1.3

 

2) independent Palestine

3.0

3.5

2.1

 

3) Abu Ali Mustafa

3.6

4.0

2.8

 

4) Abu al Abbas

0.5

0.6

0.3

 

5) freedom and social justice

0.1

0.2

 

 

6) change and reform

35.8

31.7

42.7

 

7) national coalition for justice and democracy

0.1

0.2

 0.0

 

8) third way

1.7

2.2

0.8

 

9) freedom and independence

0.5

0.8

0.0

 

10) Palestinian justice

0.4

0.6

0.0

 

11) Fateh

42.4

43.4

40.8

 

12) none of the above/ DK/NA/ Do not remember

9.9

10.4

9.1

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

11)

In general, how would you describe conditions of the Palestinians in the Palestinian areas these days?

 

1) Very good

0.2

0.1

0.2

 

2) Good

2.3

2.1

2.6

 

3) So so

6.2

5.9

6.7

 

4) Bad

26.9

29.9

21.7

 

5) Very bad

64.0

61.5

68.5

 

6) DK/NA