PSR - Survey Research Unit: Poll No. 27 - Main Results in Numbers Poll 27 main findings in numbers

PSR Poll No. 27

13-15 March 2008

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

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

 

1) Al Arabia

6.1

4.8

8.5

 

2) Al Jazeera

54.2

62.4

39.9

 

3) Al Hurra

0.3

0.3

0.2

 

4) Al Manar

3.6

5.0

1.1

 

5) Palestine TV

11.2

9.4

14.4

 

6) Al-Aqsa TV

18.3

11.3

30.4

 

7) Do not watch TV

3.0

2.8

3.2

 

8) Others

1.1

1.0

1.4

 

9) Do not have a dish

2.2

3.0

0.7

 

10) No Opinion/Don’t know

0.1

 0.0

0.2

 

 

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

5.5

4.1

7.9

 

2) Satisfied

35.0

33.3

38.0

 

3) Not satisfied 

36.3

37.1

35.0

 

4) not satisfied at all

19.6

20.7

17.6

 

5) DK/NA

3.6

4.9

1.4

 

 

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

46.4

47.0

45.6

 

2) Ismael Haneyyeh

47.0

45.4

49.0

 

3 DK/NA

6.6

7.6

5.4

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

03)

And if the competition was between Marwan Barghouti representing Fateh and Ismael Haneyyeh representing Hams, whom would you vote for?

 

1) Marwan Barghouti

56.7

58.1

54.6

 

2) Ismael Haneyyeh

38.2

34.8

43.0

 

3) No Opinion/ Don’t know

5.1

7.1

2.3

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

05)

 

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

 

1) alternative

1.5

2.0

0.8

 

2) independent Palestine

3.5

5.0

1.3

 

3) Abu Ali Mustafa

4.0

4.6

3.2

 

4) Abu al Abbas

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

5) freedom and social justice

0.6

0.6

0.6

 

6) change and reform

34.8

30.9

40.4

 

7) national coalition for justice and democracy

0.4

0.4

0.5

 

8) third way

1.5

2.3

0.5

 

9) freedom and independence

0.4

0.2

0.6

 

10) Palestinian justice

0.2

0.2

0.2

 

11) Fateh

41.6

40.8

42.7

 

12) none of the above/ DK/NA

11.4

13.0

9.1

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

06)

Hamas carried out a military step in mid June against security headquarters belonging to the PA in the Gaza Strip and succeeded after that in controlling the Strip. Do you approve or disapprove of what Hamas did?

 

1) Strongly approve

7.6

6.6

9.2

 

2) Approve

18.8

16.0

23.7

 

3) Disapprove

45.3

46.5

43.3

 

4) Strongly disapprove

22.2

22.4

21.8

 

5) DK/NA

6.1

8.5

1.9

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

07)

President Mahmud Abbas dismissed the government of Ismail Haniyeh after the Gaza events about Nine months ago. But the prime minister of the dismissed government remained in his position in the Gaza Strip. Do you approve or disapprove of his decision to stay in his position?

 

1) Strongly approve

12.1

10.2

15.3

 

2) Approve

36.8

37.8

35.0

 

3) Disapprove

34.7

31.9

39.5

 

4) Strongly disapprove

10.2

11.3

8.4

 

5) DK/NA

6.3

8.8

1.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

08)

Moreover, President Abbas appointed an emergency government headed by Salam Fayyad. After the ending of the emergency period and due to the inability of the PLC to convene, the government of Fayyad became a care taker one. Do you approve or disapprove of the continued functioning of this government?

 

1) Strongly approve

4.7

5.0

4.3

 

2) Approve

32.9

32.5

33.7

 

3) Disapprove

42.2

40.8

44.6

 

4) Strongly disapprove

13.1

12.5

14.2

 

5) DK/NA

7.0

9.2

3.2

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

09)

After the separation between Gaza and the West Bank, Hamas and the government of Ismail Haniyeh remained in power in Gaza and considered itself the legitimate government while president Abu Mazin formed a new government headed by Salam Fayyad and it too considered itself legitimate. What about you, which of the two government you consider legitimate, the government of Haniyeh or the government of Abu Mazin and Fayyad?

 

1) Haniyehs’ government is the legitimate one

34.0

32.1

37.3

 

2) Abu Mazin’s and Fayyad government is the legitimate one

28.8

26.0

33.9

 

3) Both governments are legitimate

9.3

9.6

8.8

 

4) Both governments are not legitimate

24.4

28.0

18.2

 

5) DK/NA

3.4

4.3

1.8

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

10)

As an exit strategy for the current crisis between Fateh and Hamas and the split of authority, Hamas’s position is to call for an unconditional dialogue with Abu Mazin based on the current status quo. Abu Mazin’s and Fateh’s position is that he would agree to such a dialogue but under one condition; Hamas must first transfer control of the PA Gaza headquarters to him and return to the status quo ante. Which of the two positions is closer to your view?

 

1) Hamas’s position

36.8

35.1

39.8

 

2) Abu Mazin’s and Fateh’s position

38.7

36.0

43.3

 

3) I disagree with both positions

21.9

25.5

15.5

 

4) DK/NA

2.7

3.4

1.4

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

11)

Tell us how do you evaluate the performance of the dismissed government of Ismail Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip? Is it good or bad?

 

1) Very Good

14.7

11.0

21.2

 

2) Good

24.7

24.3

25.4

 

3) Neither good nor bad

20.4

20.8

19.8

 

4) Bad

19.7

19.7

19.6

 

5) Very Bad

14.0

14.3

13.3

 

6) No Opinion/Don’t know

6.6

9.9

0.7

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

12)

Tell us how do you evaluate the performance of the government headed by Salam Fayyad? Is it good or bad?

 

1) Very Good

4.3

3.1

6.4

 

2) Good

25.7

27.2

23.3

 

3) Neither good nor bad

22.0

23.7

19.2

 

4) Bad

24.9

24.0

26.3

 

5) Very Bad

16.8

14.8

20.1

 

6) No Opinion/Don’t know

6.3

7.2

4.7

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

13)

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

 

1) Very good

0.9

0.4

1.8

 

2) Good

4.4

3.4

6.1

 

3) So so

6.8

5.4

9.2

 

4) Bad

30.1

29.9

30.6

 

5) Very bad

56.8

59.3

52.3

 

6) DK/NA

1.0

1.6

 

 

 

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

14)

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

 

1) Very good

2.2

1.1

4.1

 

2) Good

18.9

13.7

27.9

 

3) So so

24.9

26.2

22.6

 

4) Bad

33.3

36.6

27.6