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Annex 1

Results of Opinion Poll # 25

First Section: Post-Elections
	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
1.      Were you registered to vote in the latest PLC elections (25-1-2006)?
1) Yes	81	78	85
2) No	19	22	15
If yes, did you vote in the latest PLC elections (25-1-2006)?
1) Yes	87	83	94
2) No	13	17	6
1.              If PLC elections took place today, which one of the following lists would you vote for?
1) Change and Reform	50	48	52
2) Fateh Movement	35	33	38
3) Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa	3	3	3
4) The Alternative	2	4	0.0
5) Independent Palestine	1	2	0.0
6) The Third Way	1	1	0.7
7) Martyr Abu Al-Abbas	0.2	0.0	0.4
8) The Palestinian Justice	0.2	0.0	0.4
9) Freedom and social Justice	0.1	0.2	0.0
10) Others	8	9	7
2.              Which Political group do you support?
1) Hamas	40	40	40
2) Fateh	30	27	35
3) Islamic Jihad	3	3	2
4) PFLP	3	3	3
5) DFLP	1	1	0.5
6) PPP	1	0.5	1.0
7) Independent Palestine	1	1	0.5
8)  The Third way	0.5	0.5	0.5
9) Fida	0.2	0.2	0
10) Others / Independent	7	7	7
11) No one	14	17	11
3.              On a district level, you mostly voted for candidates from ..?
1) Change and Reform	39	37	41
2) Fateh Movement	31	27	36
3) Other lists / Independents	30	36	24

 

	Total %	West Bank %	Gaza Strip %
4.              (For those who didn’t vote): What was the main factor that led you to not participate?
1) I wanted to participate, but was busy	21	24	6
2) PLC elections are irrelevant (lead to no change)	20	22	10
3) Not convinced with candidates/lists	13	13	13
4) I couldn’t find my voting center / or my name wasn’t on the lists	6	5	10
5)  I didn’t have enough information on the elections/candidates	3	4	0.0
6) My political group called for a boycott	1	2	0.0
7) Worried about being deprived of my privileges as a Jerusalem resident	1	1	0.0
8) The measures of the occupation	0.2	0.2	0.0
9) Others	35	29	61
5.              In general, do you feel satisfied with the outcome of the elections?
1) Yes	59	60	59
2) Yes to some extent	18	20	14
3) No	23	21	28
6.              Did you expect Hamas to win this majority of PLC seats?
1) Yes	36	40	32
2) No	62	57	67
3) Don’t know	2	3	1
7.              How do you evaluate the performance of the previous PLC?
1) Good	17	18	15
2) Fair	32	34	28
3) Weak	45	41	52
4) Don’t Know	6	7	5
8.              Were the PLC elections free and fair?
1) Fair	78	75	84
2) Somewhat fair	12	13	9
3) Unfair	5	5	5
4) Don’t know	5	7	3
Second Section: Priorities and Expectations
9.              Do you consider the following to be priorities for the new government (led by Ismael Haneyyah)?
Reducing unemployment rates
1) Yes	90	88	91
2) Yes to some extent	6	7	5
3) No	4	5	4
Uprooting institutional  corruption
1) Yes	89	87	92
2) Yes to some extent	7	7	5