Poll #18: An Opinion Poll Concerning the Palestinian Elections and
Registration [September 20, 2004]
The Birzeit University Development Studies Programme (DSP)
http://home.birzeit.edu/dsp/opinionpolls/poll18/
Date of fieldwork: 9 - 11 September, 2004
Sample size: 1204 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Number of sample locations: 75
Number of fieldworkers: 85 researchers
Percentage of error: + or -3%
Publication date: 20 September,2004
For further information or queries, contact team coordinator Dr. Nader Said
or polling coordinator Ayman Abdul Majeed at the listed address or through
our website.
Results reflect the position of those interviewed in the sample and not that
of Birzeit University or the Development Studies Programme or its
committees. For more information concerning the methodology, refer to our
website.
We are grateful for the support of the International Republican Institute.
Poll No. 18
Palestinian Elections and Registration
Detailed Results
Palestinian Elections
Information and practices
1. Have you heard about the election registration process?
Yes 89.2 No 10.8
2. Do you have sufficient information about the voter registration process?
Yes 36.7 No 63.3
3. Do you know where to go to for registration?
Yes 66.9 No 33.1
4. Have you registered?
Yes 13.1 No86.9
5.If not, do you plan to register within the period specified by the
Election Commission (i.e., by October 7, 2004)?
Yes 57.8 No 42.2
6. How have you received information on election registration?
A. Banners Yes 53.8 No 46.2
B. T.V. and Radio Yes 44.3 No 55.7
C. Material distributed in the streets Yes 38.3 No 61.7
D. Local newspapers Yes 31.2 No 68.8
E. Phone calls from the commission staff Yes 12.4 No 87.6
F. Others (word of mouth, friends, relatives, .. etc.) Yes 30.5 No 69.5
Attitudes towards elections
7. Do you support holding a presidential election?
Yes 72.6 No 25.6 No opinion 1.9
8. Do you support holding a parliamentary election?
Yes 82.2 No 14.5 No opinion 3.3
9. Do you support holding local council elections?
Yes 85.2 No 11.4 No opinion 2.8
10. If a presidential election were to take place, would you vote?
Yes 68.4 No 29.1 Don't know 2.4
11. If a legislative election were to take place, would you vote?
Yes 65.2 No 32.6 Don't know 2.2
12. If local council elections were to take place, would you vote?
Yes 68.5 No 29.4 Don't know 2.1
13. If the opposition called for a boycott, would you boycott?
Yes19.8 No 71.0 Don't know 9.2
Political support
14. Which of the following political groups do you support?
Fateh 29.1 Hamas 23.9 Islamic Jihad 3.4 PFLP 2.1
PPP 1.3 Al Tahreer Islamic Party 0.3 DFLP 0.3
Nidal Popular Front 0.2 Arab Liberation Front 0.1
Arab-Palestine Front 0.1 Palestinian Liberation Front 0.1
Feda 0.0 Others 2.6 No one 36.4
15. If the following blocks ran for elections and you had to choose one of
them, which one would you choose?
1) A block led by Fateh 33.8
2) An Islamic block (Hamas and Islamic Jihad) 31.5
3) A leftist block (DFLP, PFLP, Feda, Nidal, Initiative . etc) 4.3
4) Others 1.6
5) None of the existing blocks or parties 28.8
Presidential candidates
16. If the following candidates ran for president, who would you vote for?
Yaser Arafat 46.2 Marwan Barghouti 11.9
Mahmoud Azzahar 8.6 Ismaiel Haneyah 8.0
Haidar Abdel Shafi 6.1 Mustafa Barghouti1.7
Mohammed Dahlan1.6 Hanan Ashrawi 1.4
Sae'b Eireqat 1.2 Ahmad Queri'1.0
Mahmoud Abbas 0.5 Others 0.5
No one11.3
17. If the following three candidates ran for president, who would you vote
for?
Yaser Arafat 57.9 Mahmoud Azzahar 24.6 Haidar Abdel Shafi 13.0
None of the above 4.4
18. If the following three candidates ran for president, who would you vote
for?
Marwan Barghouti 51.4 Ismaie'l Haneyah 28.2 Mustafa Barghouti 11.2
None of the above 9.2
19. If the following three candidates ran for president, who would you vote
for?
Ismae'l Haneyah 39.8 Mustafa Barghouti 32.2 Mohammed Dahlan 14.3
None of the above 13.6
20. If the following three candidates ran for president, who would you vote
for?
Mahmoud Azzahar 44.3 Sae'b Eireqat 23.5 Hanan Ashrawi 18.9
None of the above 13.2
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