Poll # 148 Upcoming Legislative Elections
Poll No. 148 Dear Madam, Dear Sir, The target of this poll is to investigate the inclinations and directions of the Palestinian people towards their support of the lists participating in the upcoming legislative elections. Furthermore, it's the intention to probe the attitude of the Palestinian society towards the serious illness of Mr. Sharon and its impact upon his new Kadima party and the peace process. Add thereto the hot issues of the ceasefire and the buffer-zone in the north of Gaza Strip. If you wish to view the whole poll results, so all you need is to revert to our website: www.pcpo.ps Please feel quite free to contact us immediately if you have any questions or inquiry on any issue of this poll. With our good wishes and best regards, Dr. Nabil Kukali, Director of PCPO The latest public opinion poll prepared by Dr. Nabil Kukali
Beit Sahour: Information Section This latest poll prepared by Dr. Nabil Kukali has been conducted and published by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion during the period from (9 – 15) January 2006, specifically before the commencement of the election campaigns. It included a random sample of (1276) Palestinian adults over 18 years old who are registered in the Voter List and represent demographic specimen of the Palestinian people living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. The results of the poll revealed that Fateh list of proportional representation obtained the biggest popular support, namely (35.9%), followed by Hamas List, which scored (26.7%) in the second position. The Independence List and the List of Alternative (coalition of DFLP, PP and "Fida") attained the third and fourth positions with (8.3%) and (7.5%) respectively. The List of Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa came to the fifth position followed by the List of the Third Way. Dr. Kukali has indicated that Fateh and Hamas were able to maintain the same rate of support they attained according to previous polls conducted before the start of the election campaign. The two political movements couldn't however convince independent people to vote for them, for it seems that other parties preceded Fateh and Hamas in gaining the trust of these people. Dr. Kukali, Director of the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion, added that the most important results his poll has revealed is that a considerable rate of respondents supports the resumption of negotiations with Israel and the continuation of the ceasefire. He mentioned that (56.4%) of the Palestinians believe that the establishment of a buffer-zone in the north of Gaza by Israel is an expression of Israel's wish to continue the occupation of Gaza Strip. Furthermore, the majority of the Palestinian people are optimistic about the improvement of their economic conditions in the near future, and that about half of the Palestinian people evaluated their economic conditions as "bad", Dr. Kukali said. Dr. Kukali said the results of the poll were as follows: To View the Full Result in English and Arabic as PDF (194 KB)
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