Section One : Living Conditions

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

1.      How do you describe the current economic situation of your family?

 1) Very good

2.7

2.8

2.5

2) Good

13.9

15.1

11.6

3) Fair

32.6

35.2

27.8

4) Bad

28.6

27.7

30.4

5) Very Bad

22.2

19.2

27.8

2.      Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

1) Optimistic

42.1

36.3

53.0

2) In between

22.7

25.2

17.8

3) Pessimistic

34.6

38.2

27.7

4) I don’t know

0.7

0.3

1.5

3.      Do you believe that Palestinian society is heading in the right direction?

1) Yes

16.7

13.5

22.7

2) No

77.2

78.9

74.0

3) I don't know

6.1

7.6

3.3

Section Two : Evaluation of President and Prime Minister

4.      How do you evaluate the performance of President Mahmoud Abbas?

1) Good

30.7

27.7

36.5

2) Average

30.0

31.3

27.6

3) Poor

39.3

41.1

35.9

5.      How do you evaluate the performance of Prime Minister Ismael Hanneya?

1) Good

41.4

37.5

48.5

2) Average

28.8

29.1

28.1

3) Poor

29.9

33.3

23.4

Section Three : The Current Events

6.      Who do you believe is responsible for the failure to reach a unity government?

 1) Hamas

16.5

16.3

16.9

2) Fateh

22.4

22.9

21.6

3) Both

53.7

52.4

56.2

4) Don’t know

7.3

8.4

5.2

7.      Who do you believe is responsible for the violent confrontations and assassinations in the Palestinian Territories?

 1) Hamas

16.0

12.8

22.2

2) Fateh

14.6

15.4

13.0

3) Both

49.5

53.1

42.7

4) Others

15.0

13.1

18.4

5) Don’t know

4.9

5.6

3.6

Total

West Bank

Gaza Strip

8.      Which of the following proposals is most appropriate to resolve the current crisis?

 1) A one-year transitional government comprised of professionals

9.9

8.7

12.1

2) A new presidential and legislative election

25.1

26.5

22.4

3) A government composed of all political parties based on the (National Reconciliation Document )

47.8

45.3

52.5

4) Keep the government as is

14.9

16.2

12.4

5) Others

2.4

3.4

0.7

9.      In his address (16/12/2006), President Mahmoud Abbas called for presidential and legislative elections as a means to go beyond the current situation, do you support or  oppose his call?

1) Support

47.1

47.8

45.8

2) Oppose

46.0

44.0

49.6

3) No opinion

6.9

8.2

4.5

10.  If presidential elections took place in the coming future, would you participate?

 1) Yes

63.7

62.0

66.9

2) No

28.9

30.3

26.3

3) Undecided

7.4

7.7

6.7

11.  If presidential elections took place in the coming future, which one of the following personalities would you vote for?

 1) Bassam Al Salhi

0.5

0.2

1.0

2) Khaled Meshal

3.2

3.6

2.5

3) Saeb Ireakat

2.3

2.3

2.3

4) Marwan Brghouthy

17.9

20.4

13.5

5) Ismael Hanneya

24.2

21.3

29.1

6) Mustafa Barghouthy

5.2

4.8

5.8

7) Mohammed Dahlan

6.9

4.0

11.8

8) Mahmoud Azzahar

0.7

0.8

0.5

9) Hanan Ashrawi

1.6

1.5

1.8

10) Mahmoud Al Ramahi

0.1

0.1

0.0

11) Ahmad Sadat

2.1

2.0

2.3

12) Mahmoud Abbas

18.0

18.2

17.6

13) Undecided

17.4

20.7

11.8

12.  If only the following candidates ran for presidential elections, who would you vote for?

 1) Mahmoud Abbas

49.8

46.4

55.9

2) Khaled Meshal

31.8

32.2

31.3

3) Undecided

18.4

21.4

12.8

13.  If only the following candidates ran for presidential elections, who would you vote for?