Background:
The
immanent legislative council elections which are scheduled to be held on the
25th of January 06, occupy the attention of the Palestinian public. There is an
ongoing debate concerning the number of persons, the running tickets and the
possibility of out not conducting these elections on the appointed time due to
internal and external reasons. These realties are added to the disagreement
among Fateh on the form of the running ticket, the names and nominations of the
running persons, the declarations that the US and the EU issued concerning the
participation of Hamas in the Legislative Elections, and the possibility of
reducing or concealing the financial help given to the Palestinian Authority of
Hamas participates in the Palestinian Political system. Further, there is a
serious concern among the Palestinian Public that Israel may not allow the
Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem from participating in the Legislative
Elections. Such procedure, if it took place, would mean postponing the elections
or canceling altogether.
The
Results:
Following
are the results of the Sixteenth Palestinian Public Opinion Poll conducted by
the Centre for Opinion Polls and Survey Studies at An-Najah National University
during the period from December 24 to 25, 2005. The University sponsors all
polls conducted by its Centre.
This poll undertakes several subjects centered on the coming Palestinian
legislative elections, in addition to political sympathies.
The sample included 1361 persons whose age group is 18 and above and who have
the right to vote. The sample forms one per thousand from among the total
number of Palestinian people of this age group. The enclosed questionnaire was
distributed on 861 persons from the West Bank and 500 persons from the Gaza
Strip. The sample was drawn randomly and the margin of error is about ±3%;
still 2.7% of the members of the sample refused to answer the questionnaire.
* The Opinions represented in the results reflect those of the study; they do
not represent by any means the opinion of An-Najah National University.