Latest SIS Poll: Abu Mazen 62.4% Mustafa Barghouti 14.1%

SIS Conducts Fifth Upcoming Elections Poll
The International Press Center (IPC)[Official arm of the PA]
www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_new/english/selection/SIS%20Conducts.pdf

GAZA, Palestine, December 28, 2004 (IPC)-- The State Information Service
(SIS) conducted on Monday the fifth public opinion poll on the January 9
presidential elections, surveying an arbitrary sample of respondents in both
West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The poll included 2648 respondents aged over 18 years-old , 942 of whom in
the Gaza Strip and 1706 others in the West Bank including the occupied east
Jerusalem, with a margin of mistakes estimated at %4 and done on various
categories of the Palestinian people.

The poll's results were found as follows:

Rate of those expected to take part in the January 9 presidential elections:
West Bank Yes 78.0 No 12.3 Undecided 9.7
Gaza Strip Yes 83.1 No 10.3 Undecided 6.6
Total Yes 79.8 No 11.6 Undecided 8.6

Rate of those backing the presidential candidates:
Mahmoud Abbas 62.4 Mustafa Barghouti 14.1 Tayseer Khaled 2.8
Bassam Alsalhi 2.3 Abdelkarim Shobair 0.3 Abdelhalim Al-Ashqar 0.1
Alsayed Barakah 0.4 Undecided 17.6